The Evolution of Quality Engineering

The origins of quality (assurance) engineering are in manufacturing, where quality engineers apply basic statistical methodologies to improve the quality and productivity of products and processes. In the past decade, people have discovered that these methodologies are effective for improving almost any type of system or process, such as financial, health care, and software. Quality Engineering is embedded in Software Engineering and has a high impact and role on the SDLC. QE drives the quality development of products and processes while enabling effective testing in parallel. It has been changed over time and has different scopes starting from testing to automation. 

Let's talk about the evolution of Quality Engineering and the future of our profession. I will share the ideas and approaches I had experience with during the last 12 years.