Comments on: Building A Testing Team — Do’s & Don’ts http://blog.utest.com/building-an-application-test-team-dos-donts/2010/01/ Software Testing Community Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:18:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Matt Johnston http://blog.utest.com/building-an-application-test-team-dos-donts/2010/01/comment-page-1/#comment-16639 Matt Johnston Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:48:23 +0000 http://blog.utest.com/?p=3465#comment-16639 Subha, Developers are definitely *part* of a rigorous QA strategy (peer review, etc). That said, testing and development are fundamentally different skills. Would you have a plumber work on your car? Would you let your auto-mechanic perform surgery on you? Of course not, these are different skill sets and require different people with a specific focus/training/skills. Matt Subha,

Developers are definitely *part* of a rigorous QA strategy (peer review, etc). That said, testing and development are fundamentally different skills. Would you have a plumber work on your car? Would you let your auto-mechanic perform surgery on you?

Of course not, these are different skill sets and require different people with a specific focus/training/skills.

Matt

]]> By: Subha http://blog.utest.com/building-an-application-test-team-dos-donts/2010/01/comment-page-1/#comment-16637 Subha Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:59:05 +0000 http://blog.utest.com/?p=3465#comment-16637 I need to know esspecialy why we r having testing team?... y cant the developer act as tester? except the ceritification problem of the company, give someother answers plz I need to know esspecialy why we r having testing team?…
y cant the developer act as tester?

except the ceritification problem of the company, give someother answers plz

]]> By: Ruy Oliveira http://blog.utest.com/building-an-application-test-team-dos-donts/2010/01/comment-page-1/#comment-16059 Ruy Oliveira Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:25:46 +0000 http://blog.utest.com/?p=3465#comment-16059 Hello. This is an excellent article, but it left me with a question. I would like to know if you have any specific reference (articles, books, etc) corroborating your claim that "business analysts and programmers are lucky to find 40 percent of the bugs" (3rd grey box in the article). I ask because 40% seems to be an awfully low percentage. Thanks in advance for your time and attention. Ruy Hello.

This is an excellent article, but it left me with a question.

I would like to know if you have any specific reference (articles, books, etc) corroborating your claim that “business analysts and programmers are lucky to find 40 percent of the bugs” (3rd grey box in the article).

I ask because 40% seems to be an awfully low percentage.
Thanks in advance for your time and attention.

Ruy

]]> By: QA_jay http://blog.utest.com/building-an-application-test-team-dos-donts/2010/01/comment-page-1/#comment-15042 QA_jay Fri, 02 Apr 2010 03:55:42 +0000 http://blog.utest.com/?p=3465#comment-15042 From my 11yrs in the QA industry, I've learned that certification from QAI or any other entity, says very little about a QA tester's capabilities, insight and tenacity for applying methodology principles. Certification is over-rated! In most cases, it amounts to nothing more than additional "stuff" to take space on a resume. The best and most efficient QA resources have simply had a knack for embedding themselves into the "user world" and, a "thinking" skill that really produces impressive testing abilities - skills that rarely come from remembering definitions and concepts to pass a certification test. I've had certified testers on teams that could not muster applying academics to real-life test strategy building. My motto, get the experience and then get certified in order to add content to your resume. From my 11yrs in the QA industry, I’ve learned that certification from QAI or any other entity, says very little about a QA tester’s capabilities, insight and tenacity for applying methodology principles. Certification is over-rated! In most cases, it amounts to nothing more than additional “stuff” to take space on a resume. The best and most efficient QA resources have simply had a knack for embedding themselves into the “user world” and, a “thinking” skill that really produces impressive testing abilities – skills that rarely come from remembering definitions and concepts to pass a certification test. I’ve had certified testers on teams that could not muster applying academics to real-life test strategy building. My motto, get the experience and then get certified in order to add content to your resume.

]]> By: Able Weis http://blog.utest.com/building-an-application-test-team-dos-donts/2010/01/comment-page-1/#comment-14800 Able Weis Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:26:52 +0000 http://blog.utest.com/?p=3465#comment-14800 Fantastic article! But wouldn't it alos make sense to ensure that the team members are certified professionals? Since QAI has certified over 38000 profesionals from organzations like Infosys, TCS, Accenture, Satyam, CSC, IBM, etc, they understand the growing importance of testing certifications and introduced a rigorous program for freshers, professionals and managers alike. Fantastic article! But wouldn’t it alos make sense to ensure that the team members are certified professionals? Since QAI has certified over 38000 profesionals from organzations like Infosys, TCS, Accenture, Satyam, CSC, IBM, etc, they understand the growing importance of testing certifications and introduced a rigorous program for freshers, professionals and managers alike.

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