Agile Testing and Quality Flashcards
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What does SAFe mean by the principle of 'built-in quality'?
Answer: Quality practices are embedded throughout every stage of development and delivery
Built-in quality means integrating quality practices — TDD, pair programming, automated testing, and code reviews — throughout every stage of development.
In SAFe DevOps, what is the recommended approach to test automation within the CI/CD pipeline?
Answer: Automate tests at all levels and trigger the full suite on every code commit
SAFe recommends automating tests at all levels — unit, integration, and acceptance — and triggering them on every commit for immediate quality feedback.
What is the 'Definition of Done' (DoD) in SAFe, and how does it directly relate to quality?
Answer: A quality checklist ensuring all required criteria are met before declaring any work complete
The Definition of Done is a quality checklist ensuring all required practices — automated tests, code review, documentation, acceptance criteria — are completed before work is considered done.
Which SAFe built-in quality practice involves two developers working together simultaneously on the same code to reduce defects?
Answer: Pair programming
Pair programming, where two developers work together on the same code simultaneously, is a SAFe built-in quality practice proven to reduce defects and improve design.
In SAFe DevOps, what is the function of a 'quality gate' in the CI/CD pipeline?
Answer: To automatically halt the pipeline if defined quality criteria such as coverage or static analysis fail
Quality gates automatically halt the pipeline when quality thresholds — test coverage, code analysis scores, security scans — are not met, preventing poor-quality code from advancing.
What does SAFe recommend as the correct response when a quality gate fails in the CI/CD pipeline?
Answer: Immediately stop and fix the quality issue before allowing the pipeline to continue
SAFe's built-in quality principle requires fixing quality failures immediately — stopping the line to fix defects prevents them from being passed downstream at greater cost.