Quality Assurance

At OpenMRS, we are trusted by our users to deliver a high-quality product every release. We believe in proactive quality assurance over reactive quality assurance, but acknowledge that in software delivery both are required at different times. As a community developed codebase, Quality is a shared responsibility between the developers, the quality assurance team, the release manager, the product managers and business analysts, and our partners and their users. Our mission is to ensure that every team member understands the importance of quality and feels a responsibility and ability to contribute to the development of exceptional software.

We'd love to hear from you. We hang out on the #qa channel and https://talk.openmrs.org/c/dev/qa/33 category on OpenMRS Talk.

Our Principles

• Promote a Culture of Shared Quality Responsibility

  • Embed quality practices early in the development process.

  • Incorporate quality checkpoints throughout the development and release lifecycle.

  • Include the voice of our users, ensuring their feedback informs product improvements.

  • Advocate for strong software design, rigorous testing practices, and proactive bug prevention.

• Enhance and Optimize Test Coverage

  • Ensure all tests are executed at the most impactful stages.

  • Provide clear and actionable test coverage reports to teams.

  • Continuously refine our testing processes to eliminate redundancies, address gaps, and improve stability.

• Increase Team Efficiency and Engagement

  • Develop automated solutions to streamline core workflows and boost productivity, but acknowledging that not everything can or should be automated to preserve maintainability of our QA processes & solutions.

  • Maintain reliable tools and tests to support continuous integration and delivery.

  • Ensure our CI pipelines are efficient, stable, and provide comprehensive coverage.

• Data-Driven Decision Making

  • Provide insights into defects, test stability, efficiency, and team performance through data.

  • Make actionable data transparently available to the team and community.

  • Use metrics to inform decision-making and drive continuous improvement.

QA Roadmap