Kathy Gavini Quality Assurance Professional

Introduction

Me as a Word Cloud

Building a QA Team

•  Review a typical hiring budget

•  Developer to QA Engineer ratio

Recipe for Building a QA (or any) team

Tools & Utensils Large saucepan Wooden spoon

Recipe for Nana’s Tomato Sauce

Measuring spoons

PREP WORK

•  Select the tools

•  Set team goal and purpose

•  Assemble ingredients (you might already have some on-hand)

•  Define roles to be filled

Ingredients Assorted tomatoes

Recipe for Nana’s Tomato Sauce

Chopped onion Fresh basil, oregano Salt and pepper to taste

Ingredients =Team members

The Team

•  Vary skillset : Technical Creative Good troubleshooters, problem-solvers

•  Vary experience : mix ‘seasoned’ or ‘ripe’ with ‘fresh’ and ‘new’

•  Authenticity: open, honest, transparent •  Members complement each other using

communication and collaboration

Blend all ingredients in a saucepan and place on stove to bring to a boil.

Recipe for Nana’s Tomato Sauce

Uh Oh!

Uh Oh / Adapting to adversity and change

•  Adjust the heat; add a lid to the saucepan

(regroup)

•  Turn off the heat; clean up the splatters

•  Taste test : adjust or adapt ingredients if necessary

•  Add your own ‘special’ touch to enhance the recipe

Uses:

Recipe for Nana’s Tomato Sauce

serve over pasta sauce base for pizza or calzone minestrone soup baked casseroles

Uses •  Assess what worked (and what didn’t)

•  Think about adjustments or changes that might

be required to take on the next project (let’s add some garlic when using in a baked casserole!)

“Recipe” Re-cap

“Recipe” Re-cap

•  Assemble a variety of ingredients that complement each other

•  Set team goals and select tools

•  Authenticity!

•  Clean up the splatters (tech debt)

•  Continuously assess team strengths and weaknesses; don’t be afraid to make your own contributions!

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