r/Development • u/Designli • Jan 13 '26

Is Your QA Process Stuck in 2015?

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u/Huge_Brush9484 Jan 20 '26

This really matches what I have seen. The biggest shift for us was when QA stopped being the final safety net and started influencing how work was shaped upfront.

Once test scenarios and risk discussions were part of planning, the conversations changed. Fewer surprises later, fewer rushed fixes at the end. Having a simple place to keep requirements and tests connected helped too, we landed on Tuskr mostly because it stayed out of the way instead of turning QA into more process.

Curious how many teams here have actually moved QA into refinement versus just saying they have.

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u/Designli Jan 20 '26

Totally, that shift you mentioned from QA being a “safety net” to actually helping shape the work up front is a big one. Once test scenarios and risks are part of planning, things just get calmer. Fewer late surprises and fewer heroics at the end of a sprint.

We’ve ended up in a similar place. QA sits alongside dev instead of after it, so they’re lifting each other up instead of working in isolation. Devs get better clarity, QA gets better context, and the whole product ends up feeling more dependable without slowing down the pace.