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Bruno Paz • Edited

I am not saying that there shouldn't be a QA phase, after the development is complete. Of course it should. But I think having QA embedded in the development team makes the process and communication much easier.

I just dont like terms like "hands off" because sometimes it could be interpreted as "my work is done. its not my responsibility now" and the burden is put entirely on QA. I have experienced that and worse with a dedicated QA team, shared across development teams.

Of course, it depends a lot of the context of the organization. As you said Financial Software or Medical Software might require a special attention.

Still in 90% of cases, I would say a cross functional team is a way to go.