Are you struggling with your company’s data management system? Are you and your team, customers or management frustrated with your processes? Are you having challenges delivering on time or scaling your sales cycle to realistic delivery dates? If you are losing customers, talent and credibility because you are struggling to manage your financial data, inventory, CRM data or other software that’s critical to your company’s success, it might be time to think about hiring an external Quality Assurance Manager. (more…)
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Reduce Business Risk with QA
The software your business relies on to operate successfully is crutial to the success of your company. Software RISK (a potential problem that may occur due to lack of information, control or time) is something that should be minimized wherever possible when it comes to your daily business operations.
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Make Better Business Decisions With the Help of QA
When it comes to your company’s inventory management system and financials, is your information readily available so you can make key business decisions (with confidence)? If you can’t easily and honestly answer yes – perhaps it’s time to look at the process(es) with which you and your company manage data. This data could include monthly sales figures, accounts payable/ receivables, sales management data, purchase order tracking, contact database, employee information and more. (more…)
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So you want to be a Software Test Manager?
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So you want to be a software test manager and are wondering about your decision?
There are plenty of ways to become a software test manager. If you ask current test managers how they got there, these are some of the answers you may get:
- Traditional: They started as a tester; became a test lead and ultimately a manager.
- They were a lead in some other area and a managerial role opened up which they took.
- They have no background at all in any sort of role but were seconded to a Test Manger Role.
- It is part of the career path (particularly applicable to larger organisations).
Regardless of which path you used to get to Software Test Manager there are several common aspects once you are there:
- Metrics are crucial at both the department and project level.
- Much of the management is similar to other management roles.
- Be prepared to communicate a lot and to explain over and over again why things are being done in a particular way.
There is a lot of conferences, user groups or LinkedIn groups that cater to Test Management. One of the better known ones is the QUEST Test Manager’s Workshop.
Due to ongoing evolution, it is critical not to lose your technical edge even as a manager. If you find yourself looking for a job later, it is helpful to be current with at least some aspects of technology. While it may not be an immediate concern it will certainly help..
Some companies will provide career paths for personal and technical development and improvement.
Make sure to join LinkedIn Groups and your local Quality Assurance group. These are great options for networking and finding out other information. Take a look also at straight management groups whether related to testing or not. They have lots of information for you.
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So you want to be a software test automator?
So you want to be a software test automator and don’t know how to start.
There are plenty of ways to become a software test automator and we’ve talked to a number of people curious about how to break into the field. If you ask current test automators what their background is here are some answers you may get: (more…)
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So you want to be a Test Lead?
So you want to be a Test Lead and don’t know how to start?
A Test Lead usually manages the testing for a project or a subset of a projects depending on how big it is and what’s required overall. A test lead role is not typically a managerial role but in some cases it may to lead to that. (more…)
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So you want to be a software tester?
So you want to be a software tester and don’t know how to start.
There are plenty of ways to become a software tester and we’ve talked to a number of people curious about how to break into the field. If you ask current testers what their background is here are some answers you may get: (more…)
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Anticipate the worst and plan for the best
Anticipate the worst and plan for the best
The press has been full of the Mars probe crash over the past week. A sensor malfunction caused the onboard computer to think the probe was much closer to the surface than it actually was and triggered a series of actions that caused it to crash. It’s not easy to anticipate everything especially when it has to be planned out so far in advance and last minute changes are not possible. Mars probes have failed for a number of reasons over the years and knowledge of the red planet is still limited. How could quality assurance helped? (more…)