The document discusses five common mistakes that QA engineers make. It begins by stating that being a QA engineer requires more than just technical skills. It then lists the five mistakes as: 1) assuming what is clear to them is clear to everyone else due to a lack of communication skills or English proficiency, 2) focusing on fixing all bugs before release rather than business value, 3) thinking that everything needs to be automated without understanding when and why automation is needed, 4) prioritizing documentation and tools over the project itself, and 5) overestimating their own skills and not being able to accept constructive criticism. The document provides suggestions on how to avoid these mistakes such as focusing on deliverables that are useful to others and continually

1. FIVE MISTAKES MOST QA ENGINEERS DO
or “Being a QA in not only about technical skills”
Alexander Kuznyak
Ciklum Technologies

2. POINTS TO DISCUSS:
• “GOOD QA ENGINEER” PORTRAIT
LETS CREATE IT TOGETHER
• WHY EACH AND EVERY QA
IS NOT THAT “GOOD”?
FIVE COMMON CASES FROM MY PRACTICE AND HOW TO DEAL WITH EACH OF THEM
• DO YOU PLAN TO BECOME BETTER?
DISCUSSION SUMMARY AND MY SUGGESTIONS

3. “GOOD QA ENGINEER”
PORTRAIT
LETS CREATE IT TOGETHER

4. OFTEN MADE
MISTAKES

5. WHAT IS CLEAR
FOR ME, IS CLEAR
FOR EVERYBODY
LACK OF COMMUNICATION SKILLS,
ENGLISH LEVEL, ETC.

6. WE NEED TO
FIX ALL BUGS
BEFORE RELEASE
LACK OF BUSINESS VALUE FOCUS,
MISUNDERSTANDING PROJECT GOALS

7. WE NEED TO
AUTOMATE
EVERYTHING
MISUNDERSTANDING AUTOMATION
NECESSITY AND GOALS

8. QA DOCUMENTATION
IS F*ING
IMPORTANT!!!
PUTTING TOOLS AND INSTRUMENTS
HIGHER TO PROJECT ITSELF

9. MY TECH. LEVEL,
ENGLISH, ETC.
ARE PERFECT
OVERESTIMATING OWN SKILLS, INABILITY
TO PERCEIVE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM

10. AND THERE
IS MORE…

11. HOW TO AVOID OR MINIMIZE STUFF WRITTEN ABOVE?
•MAKE YOUR DELIVERABLES GOOD FOR OTHERS,
NOT ONLY FOR YOU 1
• ASK “WHY?” AND “WHAT PROBLEMS I WILL
SOLVE?” BEFORE DOING SOMETHING 2
• LEARN YOUR PRODUCT GOALS AND PAY
ATTENTION TO MARKET TRENDS 3
• YOU ARE NOT PERFECT AND LIKELY WILL NEVER
BE. LIVE WITH THIS  4
5 • SET GOALS, CHECK HOW YOU STICK TO THE PLAN

12. QA-ING YOURSELF AS A METHOD OF GETTING BETTER
• COMMUNICATION SKILLS
• IMPROVE ENGLISH
• BE PROACTIVE
• BE A TEAM PLAYER
• ASK FOR FEEDBACK

13. THANK YOU
QUESTIONS?