Episode 3: Quality Assurance roles in agile teams - from the trenches
This time we take on an important topic: How do you embed quality assurance processes inside agile teams when the role is not clearly defined.
Would you like to build a product without quality or testing in mind?
No? Makes sense. Though, while roles like PO or the Scrum Master and engineers are defined within the scrum guide, the Quality Assurance roles, even if commonly used, are not mentioned in any guide, framework, or method.
So we decided to dig into that…
In this episode, we are joined by three professionals that give us different insights on the matter.
Vasiliki Giamarelou, Lead Software Engineer In Test at Beat
Labrini Vitou, Quality Assurance Specialist at Advantage FSE and
Anastasios Kantas, Software Development Manager & Senior Automation Expert at Atos
So we discussed how they work and learned about the testing culture in their companies. They also shared loads of insights on how to do better QA generally and plenty of resources to get stuck into.
Enjoy.
The discussion is in a Q&A format, so it's not theoretical, but instead, we discuss battle-tested tactics and strategies, challenges, and insights.
Please note that the episode is in Greek.
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On this episode, you’ll learn:
There many ways that a company can handle quality assurance and testing in its development process.
What should someone expect from QA? Can the team share the responsibilities?
Where does QA fit in an agile team?
Which are some competencies that I need to have as a QA (hint hint: communication)
Where should I start or progress my testing career?
Quality Assurance professionals and business dynamics: Challenges with other roles (e.g., Product Owners, Developers, Scrum Masters, Project Managers)
On measuring QA: experiences / metrics for a QA team working in an Agile environment
Links to love and recommended 👇👇
Ministry of Testing (blog / 🔥 community)
Think Like a Tester (blog)
Testing in DevOps (blog / community)
Satisfice by James Bach, Rapid Software Testing method creator
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