SQA Empowerment

Presented ByM Ayman Noor

Principal SQA EngineerReliSource Technologies Ltd.

Scope

SQA Empowerment

Trends in Bangladesh

Lessons

Q/A

Empowerment

“A condition whereby people have the authority to make decisions and take action in their work areas without prior approval.”

Empowerment

Empowerment

President of USA

SQA Empowerment

Authority/Power to do what?Make decisionsParticipate in requirement captureSet up project schedules/milestones/deadlinesParticipate in process implementationPush your PM/TL as requiredPush the developersBlock a releaseMake release notes

Trends in BD

Developers missing milestones Client strict on the delivery Spend less time on Testing Less quality product You will be in front of firing squad

Coding

Coding

Testing

Testing

Start Shipment

Trends in BD

You will be accused for releasing the less quality products !!

QA Lead

Can’t choose/assign QA resources

Wrong people in wrong place

Trends in BD

You’re powerless

A requirements document is necessary

Mgt would not help enforce

You were told to ‘collect the e-mails’,‘interview the developers’, or

‘you should be able to figure out what it's supposed to do’

Trends in BD

Title: SQA Engineer ? Stakeholder? “You test” NOT “you assure quality” Can’t force to fix bugs Release notes will be posted ignoring your feedback Opinion on product design/requirements Can’t feedback on the development

process/mythology. Your feedback on Tools & Technologies will be

ignored “Process work seen as non technical and non value

adding” Need extra effort /hours – let the QA do it

Trends in BD

“Testing! Oh, that’s pretty easy. It doesn’t require much time & effort. Let’s push them to curtail their time”- developers to PM/TL

“DONOT talk. Just watch and see what we are doing.” - Developers

“You audit/review my tasks!! Go away” “Leave me alone - let me do my coding” –culture “I know my project better” – attitude Do you have the power to kill? 007 – License to

Kill

Trends in BD

You DONOT have the power to kill.

“007 – License to Kill“

Lessons

“Your project will succeed”if and only if

“You make winners of all the critical stakeholders”

Thank You&

Questions?