Presenting your knowledge, experience or simply sharing useful information is neither an art nor magic. It is a skill developed through practice and lots of exposure to a real-time audience. It is not the slides or the data that you present, but your idea has to reach through to the audience. It should not just…
Just like software development, software testing also requires some important factors to develop and maintain that can contribute to continuous process improvement. One such significant factor is Team Building. While building the right team, the focus should be on certain key elements like Roles & Responsibilities, Knowledge Transfer, Domain Knowledge, Career Ladder, Technical & Domain…
A Personal Report – Being a Successful Test Manager – Challenges and Learning Promotions are part of career growth and believe me, the consequent responsibilities teach us many things and help us grow further. From Junior to Senior and Senior to Manager, every level of that success ladder asks us to unlearn some things and…
Today we will discuss an interesting Software Testing topic which is indeed a hot topic in any organization. Yes as a tester or QA you can guess it, nothing other than Testers vs. Developers. Testers The Troublemakers It’s funny, how almost all developers worldwide consider Testers to be the troublemakers. Actually, it’s not their fault,…
When we all start our work day, in some way or the other we wish the day to end soon. No one wishes to get stuck into an issue which would demand us to stay and work till late, but 70% of the times the days do not go smooth as we wish. There will…
Our previous tutorial on “How to keep Good Testers in Testing Position” has a pointer which mentions to appreciate the testers for their good work. “Reward Testers for finding good quality Bugs. Conduct weekly or monthly competitions like ‘Bug of the week’ to reward them. This will help to build a successful QA team”.
The last thing that we do on any day in most projects and companies is making it through the client calls. Client calls are an integral and important part of how work gets coordinated and communication channels are kept open in IT teams. Client calls are fun when they are short and the tasks are…
A few days back ‘Teresa’ asked me an interesting question. “I was intrigued by your website because it seems you are truly passionate and interested in testing. In my organization, we’ve found that it’s really hard to keep the GOOD testers in testing. Many of the really skilled testers are always looking for a change…
In this article you will learn ‘How to answer Team Playing and Leadership related questions in Test Lead/Manager interview’. This is part 2 of our Test Lead interview questions series. Also read first part here, where we answered 6 Most Common QA Test Lead/Manager Interview Questions. Before we go for the actual questions in this…
It’s Appraisal time! Many companies conduct periodic reviews to give feedback on their employees performance and assist employees in developing their career. The Appraisal period may be of six months or one year depending on company policies. Performance Appraisal is the right time to ask for your promotion as well as salary raise.