QA (Quality Assurance) analysts have myriad responsibilities in agile development, as follows :
* Since QA works closely with the software development team from the beginning, QA is capable of identifying potential risks. As QA analysts participate in daily scrums, they can update the team with known and critical issues, so they can stay focused on the bug and speed up their planning.
* QA estimates the testing effort required for each user story in the sprint planning session.
* QA acts as a proxy product owner in the absence of a Product Owner. Additionally, they can discuss the business requirements with the Product Owner.
* For the ongoing enhancement of user stories, QA analysts provide the product owner with feedback from their past testing experiences and the experiences of their team members during each sprint.
* Developers and QA analysts engage in quick handoff demonstrations for every new feature. QA will be able to see how the newly developed feature works, allowing them to raise questions to the development team.
