It’s Appreciate Your Test Team Day!

Well, it’s not really “Appreciate Your Test Team Day,” but if you read Edward Correia’s latest Test & QA Report newsletter story, you’d think it should be.

Eddie really hit the ball out of the park with his essay, “QA Teams — Underappreciated But Seldom Understood.” A number of readers have already commented that he nailed an important issue. One person wrote in:

Your July 17th article by Edward J. Correia is such a breath of fresh air!!! One reason I highly value my current solo work is the accurate description of inside political scenarios he described. You got my creative juices stirred up for possible ways to overcome the barriers. I think this is a function (encouraging cross-communication) HR reps can and should have as a part of their strategic job description. Ultimately, the QA has to do it, though.

Testers and QA teams are at the heart of successful new product development and ongoing improvement. Some might say, ‘that goes without saying’, but it doesn’t seem that way when you are the one doing the job. (I am a good documenter, but a poor tester, but that may have been different had there been more cross-silo interaction.)

Read Eddie’s column — and forward the link to your development staff and other software stakeholders.