Quality Coaching: Level 1

Testing is a superpower don't keep it all to yourself!

I am a beginner quality coach and a self-confessed testing nerd. I started experimenting with quality coaching after reading the modern testing principles. I really love the ultimate goal of them which is to accelerate the team. In particular, they talk about expanding testing capabilities across your team as well as leading a quality culture. I had no previous knowledge and zero experience in this area but thought what's the worst that could happen?!

Being the only tester in the department I really liked the idea of getting the developers around me to help out with testing. Not only that but as I freed up time by stepping away from physically testing every single feature, I was able to become more of an advocate and evangelist of testing. I stopped physically testing and started talking about testing. To anyone who would listen!

So if you're asking how can I make the transition to quality coach? I'll share how little nudges towards a long term goal have worked well for me. Some lessons that I've learned so far include:

If like me, you're looking to experiment with coaching I'll talk about what techniques have worked in my team such as:

I learned that knowledge isn't something you lose the more you share it. In fact, it's quite the opposite. I believe anyone can try this out and you'll discover testing nerds in your team that you didn't know existed!

Anyone can experiment with quality coaching as long as you have the right attitude. I hope to demonstrate that quality coaching isn't an area to be intimidated by and if you're truly passionate about helping your team improve it isn't as hard as you might think.