A quality gate is a milestone in an IT project that requires that predefined criteria be met before the project can proceed to the next phase. Designed to provide benchmarks for quality standards, these gates are commonly used throughout application or software development projects.

What are quality gates in manufacturing?

Quality gates are predefined milestones where a project is audited to see if it meets the necessary criteria to move into the next phase. Quality gates — which are also called “QGs” — are an important component of formal project management procedures used by larger organizations.

What are quality gates in SonarQube?

Quality Gates are the set of conditions a project must meet before it should be pushed to further environments. Quality Gates considers all of the quality metrics for a project and assigns a passed or failed designation for that project.