Your role at Defra
Quality Assurance and Test
Guidance on assuring quality and testing your digital services at Defra.
This section builds on the GOV.UK Service Standard and the GOV.UK Service Manual.
Shifting quality checks to the left of the development process (testing ideas and designs early) reduces the risks and additional costs of defects appearing later.
You can read more about our recommended approach to quality assurance at Defra.
For broader guidance, see testing your service regularly in the GOV.UK Service Manual.
Why test for quality
Testing for quality helps:
- provide evidence that the service does what your users need it to do
- provide evidence that the service behaves how it is expected (e.g. performance, resilience, security).
This builds customer confidence and ensures the service is fit for use.
Get support
If you need help to understand what QA and Test activity should look like for your service, contact the QA and Test team.