Testing Transformed: QA’s New Role in Digital Transformation – Part 2

Quality Assurance (QA) professionals are transitioning from a bottleneck to a strategic enabler in the era of digital transformation. New expectations for QA include automation, adaptability, and proactive insights. Cross-functional teams and T-shaped skills are becoming more important in QA roles. Building soft influence is crucial for QA professionals, which can be achieved through collaboration with stakeholders, problem-solving, strategic relationship building, data-driven storytelling, persistence, continuous learning, and celebrating successes. Future trends in QA include AI-powered testing, continuous testing in DevOps, IoT and Edge Computing testing, and shift-left security. Challenges for QA professionals include keeping up with rapidly evolving technologies, balancing speed and quality in agile environments, bridging the skills gap, proving the value of QA in a business context, and adapting to different project methodologies.