Known Shippable:

The Good and Bad of Failures in QA

Adam Rush – QA Manager June 28th, 2018

 What is this about?

• Discuss a few examples of previous QA Failures

• Solutions that were created after identifying these issues.

• Fun QA “War Stories”

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 Before we get started….

The stories you are about to hear are true.

The “names” have been changed to protect the innocent…

*insert Dragnet theme song*

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 QA Silos caused for lack of communication on the same project.

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 POP QUIZ:

Who can tell me what TRC 180 is related to? (PS3)

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 The player doesn’t care if the test wasn’t in “scope” or not…

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 Beware the dangers of in-game audio soundtracks

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 Thank you for your time!

Adam Rush
arush@keywordsstudios.com

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