End-to-end software testing services for modern applications
How our QA process works throughout the project lifecycle
Our software testing lifecycle integrates QA expertise at strategic points where early input prevents costly fixes later and thorough validation ensures reliable launches.
Early involvement: Major features and upgrades
When planning significant features, project revamps, or major system upgrades, a QA tester reviews and comments on the specifications before development begins.
This early review serves two purposes:
Familiarization with technical scope
The QA tester understands requirements, functionality changes, and potential system impacts from the beginning. When development completes and full testing begins, the tester already knows what the system should accomplish and how the changes integrate with existing functionality.
UX perspective on specifications
QA testers identify potential usability issues, unclear user flows, edge cases, or missing functionality while changes are still easy to implement. Catching these gaps during planning costs significantly less than discovering them after development.
Design review: Mockup validation
Once mockups are complete, QA testers review designs as a second set of eyes before development starts.
Design review focuses on:
- UI/UX best practices compliance
- Potential usability issues in navigation, forms, or workflows
- Mobile responsiveness considerations
- Consistency with agreed specifications
- Accessibility concerns that affect user experience
This checkpoint catches design-level issues that would otherwise surface during development or testing—when fixing them disrupts timelines and budgets.
Core testing phase: Before deployment
Once development completes, the system moves to our QA team for comprehensive testing before going live. This is the most intensive testing phase in our quality assurance workflow. (Read about our development process.)
What we test on staging servers
QA testers test practically everything on staging servers, systematically reviewing all pages and sections with focus on:
Functionality validation
All features work as specified, forms submit correctly, calculations produce accurate results, integrations communicate properly with third-party services
UI/UX verification
Interface matches approved mockups or selected templates, visual hierarchy guides users effectively, interactive elements respond appropriately
Cross-browser compatibility
Consistent behavior across Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge
Responsive layout testing
Proper display and functionality across agreed device types and screen sizes
Technical SEO configuration
Meta tags, structured data, XML sitemaps, robots.txt settings (for websites and ecommerce platforms)
Any issues discovered get reported to the development team for fixes. After corrections, QA testers re-verify the system to confirm reported issues have been resolved and conduct regression testing to ensure nothing broke during the bug-fixing process.
Once QA provides sign-off, confirming the system is ready for release, it moves to the client for user acceptance testing. If the client requests additional features or modifications after reviewing the final product, those change requests go through the same development and testing process. QA then tests the new changes and performs regression testing on related functionality to ensure the overall system remains stable before deployment to live.
After deployment
Once the system is live, QA testers remain available to monitor for issues, test critical hotfixes, and conduct regression testing when updates or new features are added to ensure ongoing stability.
Ongoing support and ad hoc testing
As systems launch and gather user feedback, clients often identify new features or improvements. For these updates, we follow the same testing workflow—development, QA validation, client approval, deployment to production, live verification.
Our testing department and capabilities
Our testing extends beyond checking whether functionalities work or features match specifications—we evaluate factors that affect user experience and conversion rates. Having dedicated QA testers ensures a second set of eyes reviews the system after developers make updates or add features.
When systems are tested by the same person who developed them, developers can become nearsighted and overlook their own errors. Our QA team catches these issues before customers access the system—a quality assurance step often overlooked by software companies.
Testing services we provide
We perform this software testing process across:
- Custom web applications
- Ecommerce platforms (Magento, Shopify, WooCommerce)
- Mobile applications (iOS, Android)
- Enterprise software
- WordPress, Umbraco, and other content management systems
- Progressive web applications
Every project gets dedicated QA attention—our testing team works directly alongside developers throughout the development lifecycle.
Standalone testing and review services
QA testers can join projects as needed, whether for systems we develop from scratch or projects where we handle daily maintenance.
If you have your own development team and only need QA expertise, we offer standalone testing services where our QA department works alongside your team.
We also provide one-time software review services with different review packages (source code review, technical audit, technical SEO and speed audit, UI/UX review) depending on your requirements.
More about testing
- Read about the types of testing we do across our web, app, and software projects.
- Learn how we do automated testing and what kinds of projects we do it for.
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Whether you’re launching new software, maintaining existing systems, or need QA expertise to supplement your team—let’s talk about which testing approach makes sense for your specific situation.
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