Cross-platform QA for a next-gen business messaging platform
Shipping a reliable, release-ready messaging application across web, Android and iOS for DeskFactors, with structured testing, daily reporting and formal release signoff at every step.
Client
DeskFactors
Headquarters
Santa Clara, California, USA
Engagement
Ongoing, 2 dedicated engineers
Platforms
Web (admin, frontend), Android, iOS
Technologies and tools
Jira
ZoomResults by the numbers
4
Platforms covered
2
Web portals validated
Daily
Reports and QA stand-ups
100%
Release go/no-go coverage
Weekly
Structured status reporting
Zero
Unvalidated releases
Here's a bit about DeskFactors
Industry
SaaS messaging
Surfaces
Web, Android, iOS
Web environments
Chrome, Safari
Team
2 dedicated engineers
DeskFactors is a business messaging and team communication platform built to compete in the fast-growing real-time messaging space. Designed for teams that need a reliable, feature-rich alternative to mainstream messaging tools, DeskFactors delivers real-time chat, group conversations and rich media sharing across web and mobile, on both Android and iOS.
The platform consists of a web-based admin portal for management and configuration, and a user-facing frontend application, both tested across Windows and Chrome, and macOS and Safari. As the product matured and the team accelerated release cycles, DeskFactors needed a structured QA partner to validate quality across every surface, enforce consistent release standards, and confirm that every build was production-ready before going live.
Before and after QAble
Before QAble
With QAble
No structured QA process across web or mobile
No dedicated cross-browser or cross-OS testing
Admin and frontend portals tested inconsistently
No formal mobile QA for Android or iOS
No release go/no-go signoff before deployments
Bugs reaching production without prior detection
No centralised test case library or traceability matrix
No regular QA reporting for stakeholders
Our engagement
Our two QA engineers integrated directly into the DeskFactors development team, taking full ownership of quality across the web admin portal, the user-facing frontend and both mobile apps. Daily Zoom stand-ups kept the QA team in sync with development sprints, while Jira served as the single source of truth for requirement understanding, defect logging and test progress tracking.
Test cases were authored and maintained in structured spreadsheets, with a coverage matrix ensuring traceability from every requirement to its corresponding test scenarios. Functional and UI testing ran systematically across all four environments, Windows and Chrome, macOS and Safari, Android and iOS, confirming nothing behaved differently across platforms before a build was signed off.
A cornerstone of the engagement was the formal release go/no-go process. Before each deployment, our QA team assessed test execution status and open defect severity, then issued a structured recommendation, giving DeskFactors' product and engineering leadership the confidence to ship or hold based on real quality data. Daily reports and weekly summaries kept full visibility throughout, and the result was a disciplined, process-driven QA function that kept production clean and releases predictable.
Engagement highlights
A disciplined, process-driven QA function: four platforms covered end to end, a formal go/no-go gate before every release, and zero unvalidated releases reaching production.
Engagement type
Ongoing partnership
Team size
2 dedicated QA engineers
Release process
Formal go/no-go gate
Outcome
Zero unvalidated releases
What QAble delivered
Services
Functional and UI testing
Our engineers designed and executed comprehensive test cases covering the full functional scope of DeskFactors: messaging flows, group conversations, media sharing, user management, admin controls and notification behaviour. UI testing validated layout consistency, component accuracy and visual correctness across every supported browser and device. Every scenario was tracked against documented requirements for complete coverage and clear traceability.
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