People Matter: Considerations When Outsourcing QA
YOU’LL ADDRESS SEVERAL VARIABLES WHEN CHOOSING A QA PARTNER:
YOU’LL ADDRESS SEVERAL VARIABLES WHEN CHOOSING A QA PARTNER: • COST
YOU’LL ADDRESS SEVERAL VARIABLES WHEN CHOOSING A QA PARTNER: • COST • LOCATION
YOU’LL ADDRESS SEVERAL VARIABLES WHEN CHOOSING A QA PARTNER: • COST • LOCATION • SUPPORTED TECH
YOU’LL ADDRESS SEVERAL VARIABLES WHEN CHOOSING A QA PARTNER: • • • •
COST LOCATION SUPPORTED TECH AND MORE
WHEN OUTSOURCING, PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE PEOPLE THAT WILL MAKE UP YOUR QA TEAM.
THE IDEAL QA TEAM WILL EXHIBIT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING TRAITS:
Trait #1:
COMMUNICATION
SKILLS
Good communication augments the positive impact of your team’s skill set.
Communication equals Transparency between:
• Engineers
Communication equals Transparency between:
• Engineers • Project Managers
Communication equals Transparency between:
• Engineers • Project Managers • Stakeholders
RESULT? • Healthy working relationship
RESULT? • Healthy working relationship • Streamlined test cycles
RESULT? • Healthy working relationship • Streamlined test cycles • Successful projects
Trait #2:
CRITICAL THINKING
SKILLS
RECIPE FOR GREAT QA:
Latest testing tools
RECIPE FOR GREAT QA:
Latest testing tools plus
Rich knowledge of QA methodologies
SHARP critical thinking
helps teams apply tools and methodologies with little oversight.
Trait #3:
HIGH RETENTION
Quality engineers are ASSETS: • To the team
Quality engineers are ASSETS: • To the team • To the project
Quality engineers are ASSETS: • To the team • To the project • To the stakeholders
Quality engineers are ASSETS: • • • •
To To To To
the the the the
team project stakeholders company
Established teams BOOST project success while
REDUCING training costs.
LEARN MORE ABOUT BUILDING YOUR
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