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Subject:Re: Diff Betw. QA and Usability Testing From:"Parks, Beverly" <ParksB -at- EMH1 -dot- HQISEC -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Mon, 12 Jan 1998 10:41:40 -0700
> From: Gina Hertel [SMTP:Ghertel -at- ALPHA88 -dot- COM]
>What is the difference between QA testing and Usability
Testing?
My understanding, in a nutshell: QA testing provides a "seal of
approval" before a product goes out the door. Usability testing is more
like research to determine how a product might be improved for future
releases.
Bev Parks
parksb -at- emh1 -dot- hqisec -dot- army -dot- mil
