Software Quality Does Not Lack Tools
It lacks long-term readability.
In many organizations, software quality is very active.
Tests are written, automated, executed.
Tools are in place.
Metrics exist.
And yet, a simple question often comes up — sometimes too late:
Do we still clearly understand what we are testing, and why, over time?
When QA produces… but no longer explains
Over time, QA is built through accumulation:
- test scenarios,
- test campaigns,
- reports,
- results coming from multiple tools.
This accumulation creates an illusion of control.
But it also leads to a well-known effect in the field:
- the meaning of tests fades,
- links between requirements, scenarios and results disappear,
- decisions rely more on interpretation than on clearly readable facts.
👉 This is a long-term readability problem.
QA is particularly exposed to the time factor
- teams change,
- tools evolve,
- projects come and go,
- business contexts shift.
We know tests have been executed.
But we no longer clearly know what they actually cover,
what they prove, or how to link them to decisions that were made.
The real challenge: preserving understandable QA facts
- readable,
- contextualized,
- linked to requirements,
- usable without constant reinterpretation.
FAST-QA: an approach before a technical framework
- FAST · Frame — fact-based diagnosis
- FAST · Align — aligning practices
- FAST · Support — long-term transmission
- FAST · Framework — capitalizing QA facts
What’s next?
What will remain of your QA in one year… and will it still be understandable?
To be continued.