How to go from being a gatekeeper to being a quality coach
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At the Leeds Testing Atelier I spoke about how we, as testers, can go from being gatekeepers to being quality coaches. One of the practical suggestions was to facilitate a test planning workshop with your team.
This is how you do it:
Invite the team, and share feature documentation beforehand.
Ask the product owner to give a brief overview of the feature.
Collect and then prioritise high risk areas based on business impact and complexity, maybe by using a simple matrix.
Discuss how the team can mitigate the highest and most impactful risks.
Determine how you can test for those.
Document the outcomes, and agree on ownership of action items.
Buy in will skyrocket if you give people a chance to be involved in the planning.
Former chef turned software testing expert Kat Obring brings 20 years of experience from Disney, Anaplan, and Accenture. She offers quality leadership coaching and training courses.
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