I\u2019m uncertain as to why sometimes it\u2019s so hard to explain the importance of \u2018test leadership\u2019.<\/p>\n
People can have a lead architect, a lead product owner, a lead developer and even a \u2018lead of leads\u2019, but having a test lead would somehow kill autonomy\u2026<\/p>\n
The argument is in agile world the team does the job, so they should be self-reliant, and no one needed to \u2018manage\u2019 them.<\/p>\n
What they fail to understand is testing with technical competence is not something abundantly available in the industry.<\/p>\n
Most companies have to manage with the few senior resources they\u2019ve got and use them to train rest of the teams.<\/p>\n
IMHO the root cause is this deep-rooted ignorance that testing is just a matter of doing some \u2018monkey testing\u2019 and that\u2019s about it.<\/p>\n
I\u2019d argue testing and specifically automation take as much resources as developing the service, whoever plays that role requires critical thinking, strong technical skill and exposure.<\/p>\n
One would assume after decades of blunders and evolution we would have realized why strong testing is important, no wonder restating your PC when software is not working seems to be \u2018perfectly normal\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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