Functional Quality Assurance. What it is, and what it isn’t.

Ensuring a piece of localized software is released to a high standard requires a number of quality assurance processes, from localization quality assurance, to linguistic quality assurance and the potentially mysterious ‘FQA’.

The truth is that ‘FQA’ is an essential part of any software release, especially when rolling out products and services to new locales and territories, where it’s important to make strong first impressions.

So, what is ‘FQA’, and what type of quality does it assure?

While some might think the term FQA refers to ‘full quality assurance’ or ‘final quality assurance’, it actually means ‘functional quality assurance’.

Functional quality assurance is a process in which FQA testers check software, applications and operating systems for bugs that can lead to friction in the user experience and drive potential customers to competitors’ products.

Even with the best localization and the strongest concept in the world, buggy software isn’t going to find success. That’s why FQA quality assurance is so important.

As an experienced provider of end-to-end localization services, Alpha CRC is well equipped to help clients with functional quality assurance. It offers a range of services, including UI testing, and stress testing, and uses a range of the latest technologies to deliver value to clients.

Find out more about the FQA services that Alpha CRC offers.