tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6587837253478990999.post3036087766178164854..comments2024-03-27T21:32:06.430-07:00Comments on Thoughts on QA and Engineering: DRAFT: What’s the Role of a Test Manager in Agile Organizations?John Overbaughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00662240932769138429noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6587837253478990999.post-45825791402656853792018-08-11T03:31:56.721-07:002018-08-11T03:31:56.721-07:00Thanks for posting the blog. I felt comfortable wh...Thanks for posting the blog. I felt comfortable while reading the post. Keep posting more blogs.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.calfre.com/USA/Texas/Dallas/Machine-Learning-Training/listing" rel="nofollow">Machine Learning Training in Dallas</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.calfre.com/USA/Texas/Dallas/Machine-Learning-Training/listing" rel="nofollow">Machine Learning Training in Dallas</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15956331910127472921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6587837253478990999.post-46171285281602337852009-12-22T11:14:55.958-08:002009-12-22T11:14:55.958-08:00Some of what you say, such as purchasing tools, ga...Some of what you say, such as purchasing tools, gaining resources or introducing people around I see partly as work done by the Scrum Master or whoever is removing impediments in another Agile Framework. If its the QA Manager in some places, so be it, but I don't see the QA Manager as really needing to take on those roles.<br /><br />What I have seen, and find useful, is someone who knows the resources for consistency across automation - assuring that what is being built and used works across teams. Keeping the QA Team cohesive, while they are on the teams, is useful in assuring there is knowledge transfer going on and that there is consistency across any QA methods in play within the teams.<br /><br />All in all I think you have the root of it, I have also played the role of insulator for the team. None of whom knew what upper management was doing for years while I was there, after I left and we promoted from within she left after a week because she could not deal with it. Sometimes we play roles that people never know.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17861514259222125383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6587837253478990999.post-31915292293697822142009-12-19T22:27:08.186-08:002009-12-19T22:27:08.186-08:00Great Post. I think it sums up quite comprehensive...Great Post. I think it sums up quite comprehensively - the need for a Test Leader/Manager whether in a Agile or Non-Agile organisation. Though you wrote it in the context of the former, do you think there any specific miss-outs in the case of say latter? <br /><br />I have always felt that a Test Manager brings with him an understanding of the test process and most importantly the understanding of a tester's mindset and the many twists and turns it is subjected to by what happens around him whether via the spoken words or the events as they transpire. <br /><br />I think the Test Manager plays a very important role in directing, mentoring and pacifying the tester at work with all the passion that she brings to the fore. Because the test manager is there the testers know that their voices will be heard, understood and responded to in a fair and justifiable manner. It is a fact that managers from non-testing world tend to mostly 'short-circuit' the testers and not quite shows the empathy they deserve. The test manager not only fills this void but with his experience and maturity he is expected to even soothe and correct the misdirected passion that sometimes boils over threatening relationships and/or project delivery.<br /><br />I think the test manager also significantly contributes in areas like mentoring/hand-holding, bug triages and test strategy brainstorming/ reviews.SandeepMaherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507374273835680123noreply@blogger.com