Testing team

Contents

• Testing team models
• Potential issues in each models
• Trend in the community

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Testing team models attempted

• Just-in-time: Assemble a team when required
• Entry to organization as test engineer
• Policy driven: Must play a role as test engineer to grow
• Testing team and development team under one delivery manager
• Independent testing team

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Just-in-time model

Organization believes
• Investing in testing effort worth only when
code is ready
• Development engineer knowledge of design
and code helps in better testing
• Anyone can do testing


Entry as test engineer

• Take new engineer and train them on testing
• Assuring them career path later as
development engineer brings stability
• Focus on test engineering training required


Policy driven model

• Every one must play role in testing team to
grow


Testing & Development team under one manager

• One point control helps


Independent testing team

• Testing team consolidated reports to Test
Manager will help
• Organization test process evolves


Potential issues observed

Model Potential issues
Just-in-time model •Core testing skills are missing in the
organization
•Normally conformance oriented testing takes
place (no negative testing). “Find more bugs”
attitude will be missing
•Insufficient test cases results in more field bugs
•Developer spends more time in debugging not
so critical issues than finding more critical issues

Test engineers need to build separate skill sets



Enter into organization as test •Stability is a concern. More people leave after
engineer short stay in the organization
•Fully trained test engineer who is performing
well will demand for his/her movement as per
policy
•Will be treated as fresh to the new role when it
comes to critical decision point like promotion,
giving on-site project etc.

Losing a well-trained test engineer from project!



Policy driven: Playing a role in •Attrition rate high. They may wish to have
testing is a must to grow options to continue their career in the same line
with promotions
•Performance dips due to new skills required
•Promotion may get delayed than the
expectations of an individual

Performance may drop with role change



Testing and Development team •Conflicting views from team leads may result in
reporting to one Manager wrong decisions
•Attrition rate high in testing team if they sense
testing process is not effective
•Goals of each levels of testing will not be met
•Test process improvement in the organization
across project may not happen. Test process
improvement is local to a project

Equal respect to both team views is the key for success



Independent testing team •Infrastructure investment looks high
•Resistance to sharing resources like server, tools
are high
•Management may get tempted to switch over
to testing & development team under one
manager model which may result in attrition
rate going up

Cost of test lab goes up, test engineers see career path


Trend in the community

• Independent testing team model picking up
• Testing as services looked as good option
• Organization test process maturity evolved
• Scientific method for testing looked as
opportunity for research area
• Test engineering became elective subjects in
universities
• Certificates in testing became popular trend


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