What is the difference BTW QA & Test?

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;V,l2Y.x7j7Tmz0Quality Assurance (QA).QA tends to be focused on measuring and examining quality and improving the software through process improvements, thereby guiding the release to customers. Although testing activities usually do take place in this organization, the main focus of QA is on the processes and procedures of how software development activities take place. QA is more focused on managing the product life cycle and verifying that the software meets the defined quality standards or customer agreements. QA is less about breaking the software and finding problems than about verifying that it is possible to make the software work under a given set of conditions.51Testing软件测试网mu1` }5@.Rl

Test.Testing, on the other hand, may keep an eye on the processes and often owns them, but is far more concerned with finding ways to break the software. Testers are to observe what the software does and to report on the level of quality as well as any serious issues they encounter. Testers must operate under the assumption that there are more bugs out there, and they have to find them. They operate in such a way that they expect to find problems, not just to verify that it is possible for everything to work fine. A good tester is one who is constantly thinking of things that have not been tried and is expected to exercise parts of the software that may be weak or that may not interact well. The whole point of this very critical look at software is to find bugs as fast as possible and get the right ones fixed. There will always be more bugs, but without knowing what they are, a conscious decision cannot be made regarding the software's ability to meet the customer's demands.

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Ef$l0个人总结为：qa的重点是软件开发过程，是软件开发达到某种标准以致于在生命周期中减少bug的产生，达到提高质量的效果。Test. 是在其生命周期中，实际上bug已经产生了。测试就是去发现bug，是bug得以修整。最终使软件达到用户的需求。51Testing软件测试网!^\$p(a eA-d]

再简单一点，qa就是事前预防/阻止 为主。 test 是事后，有点亡羊补牢的意思。51Testing软件测试网n'TG#G:Ja*c9A4N

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