Quality Assurance for Product Development using Agile

Achieving the highest level of quality for the software product being delivered is the goal of any IT organization. Every organization wants to implement processes and practices that would help achieving this goal of increasing the quality of a software product. There are so many models available today that an organization can use for developing a software but considering the dynamics of today's world where technology is changing at a fast pace and innovative products are hitting the market at great speed, these organizations do not want a software development model that consume lot of time and efforts, and hence most of the business houses are moving towards Agile approach for software development. With this change in approach for software development, the big question is that how to ensure Quality of product developed using Agile model. The traditional approach has a separate phase for testing a software product which ensures that an independent team has validated the product per specified requirements. However, with Agile way of software development, this leverage of involvement of independent test teams and test levels has taken a back. This paper, will highlight broadly the role of QA within Agile development model, with focus on fresh thoughts and approaches to improve the overall quality of product developed using Agile methodology. The use and importance of Metrics for accessing the Quality within Agile model will also be discussed.