With all the cost cutting measures of late, many companies are just pleased to have a QA Team on staff or available for their test needs. One of the best "bang for the buck" QA team structures that I've seen has been to have a QA Engineering team or at least a QA Engineer available.
Choosing a bug tracking system for your company can be one of the most important and difficult decisions that you are going to make. Most importantly the product (or design) chosen must translate well to the total needs of the entire IT Team.
You may have thought about general testing, but have you thought about all the other things that can make your product or service a success?
This list of questions covers the types of testing that must be considered to ensure a quality product:
1. Design Validation - Statements regarding coverage of the feature design - including both specification and development documents. Will testing review design? Is design an issue on this release? How much concern does testing have regarding design, etc. etc..