--- title: Why Shift Testing Left Part 2: QA Does More After Devs... description: Shifting testing left empowers more developers to run and maintain tests, without eliminating the role of QA. QA becomes a strategic leader in defining testing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-shift-testing-left-part-2-qa-does-more-after-devs-run-tests-oboxxecyg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why Shift Testing Left Part 2: QA Does More After Devs Run Tests | daily.dev og:description: Shifting testing left empowers more developers to run and maintain tests, without eliminating the role of QA. QA becomes a strategic leader in defining testing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-shift-testing-left-part-2-qa-does-more-after-devs-run-tests-oboxxecyg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/oBOXxEcyg.png og:image:alt: Why Shift Testing Left Part 2: QA Does More After Devs Run Tests og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack) [Read post](https://api.daily.dev/r/oBOXxEcyg) # [Why Shift Testing Left Part 2: QA Does More After Devs Run Tests](https://api.daily.dev/r/oBOXxEcyg "Go to post") Shifting testing left empowers more developers to run and maintain tests, without eliminating the role of QA. QA becomes a strategic leader in defining testing strategy, maintaining automation, and optimizing test execution. Shifting left enhances development velocity, reduces bugs in production, and allows developers to verify their work immediately. [#testing](/tags/testing "Check all #testing posts")[#qa](/tags/qa "Check all #qa posts") May 15, 2024•6m read time•From [thenewstack.io](https://api.daily.dev/r/oBOXxEcyg "thenewstack.io") [](https://api.daily.dev/r/oBOXxEcyg "Go to post") Table of contents [QA Still Has a Role](https://api.daily.dev/r/oBOXxEcyg "QA Still Has a Role")[Conclusion: Shifting Left Is a Return to the Good Old Days](https://api.daily.dev/r/oBOXxEcyg "Conclusion: Shifting Left Is a Return to the Good Old Days") 2.1K Impressions6 Upvotes2 Comments Comment Bookmark Copy Share your thoughtsPost [](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack) [The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack "https://daily.dev/sources/newstack") The New Stack is a publication covering trends and technologies in cloud-native development, DevOps,... Read more 1.4K Followers • 14.2K Upvotes #### Would you recommend this post? Copy link WhatsApp Facebook X New Squad Copy linkShare with your friends 6 2 ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Why Shift Testing Left Part 2: QA Does More After Devs Run Tests","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-shift-testing-left-part-2-qa-does-more-after-devs-run-tests-oboxxecyg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-shift-testing-left-part-2-qa-does-more-after-devs-run-tests-oboxxecyg"},"datePublished":"2024-05-15T16:18:24.188Z","dateModified":"2024-05-15T16:18:22.464Z","description":"Shifting testing left empowers more developers to run and maintain tests, without eliminating the role of QA. 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The trap in practice: orgs shift the test-writing left but keep QA accountable for quality without authority over the process. If devs own the tests and QA owns the strategy, someone still has to own the flake budget - otherwise “more devs run tests” just means more unowned red builds.","datePublished":"2026-07-15T08:25:13.877Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/oBOXxEcyg#c-uILeo5rxV","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Viktor","url":"https://daily.dev/viktor13","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocIc26dkBXmdcP-rbl8qJslbOVNRfu_MNGt-1M53PirnENWvvyytKQ=s96-c"}}]} ```