Following my last post on People-First Leadership, I received a fair amount of feedback on the topic and not all of it was positive. This surprised me at first as I've always had the mindset of people-first, but clearly there is a different mindset of a need to be firmer and more commanding as a … Continue reading People First Leadership – Rebuffing the Negative Stigma
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Hopefully, if you are reading this, you'll be aware that Quality isn’t just about finding defects, it’s about building confidence in the solutions we deliver. Despite advancements in automation and modern development practices, bizarrely, quality still remains quite misunderstood. Many organisations still view QA as a final hurdle rather than an integral part of success. … Continue reading QA to QE – Winning Stakeholder Buy-In
I've been looking forward to writing this blog since I started this series. AI is not going to go anywhere, so we need to adapt our thinking in the QE/Testing world. The rise of AI is revolutionising how we build, test, and deliver software. Traditional Quality Assurance (QA) practices, focused on validating outputs, are no … Continue reading QA to QE: Rethinking Quality in the Age of AI
Now that we have defined the model, I wanted to look into how it could be applied across different industries and into different ways of working. No two companies work in the same way so some of this will not apply directly, but the point of this article is that Quality Engineering isn't hindered from … Continue reading Transforming QA to Quality Engineering: Implementing across Industries and Contexts
Now that we have defined how we are going to work in the QE world, built the capabilities, delivered change and modified the culture, we now need to look at how we assess how effective we are now working. As we reach Phase 5 of the Quality Engineering Transformation Model, the focus shifts to creating … Continue reading QA to QE Phase 5 -Measure and Adapt – QE Feedback Loop in Action
As the job search continues, I’ve been learning about a consulting mindset, had some great conversations with some awesome people and read some really useful books. All have led me to a point where a model I’d been working on for a while has been developed further and would provide a useful basis for helping … Continue reading Transforming QA into Quality Engineering: A Pragmatic Approach
It may surprise some people as it’s not commonly talked about in the industry but not every company will develop its own IT systems. Not every company has an agile development culture, some have a culture of buying the best of the market solutions and integrate them together. This brings about a very different challenge … Continue reading Testing SaaS – Quality in a “Buy not Build” Culture
As a leader, I feel honoured and privileged to be trusted to lead a team of humans. This is a complete career change for most who transition into a manager/people leadership role as your domain knowledge skills become secondary. I also truly believe in Servant Leadership or my preferred term -"People First Leadership". It's clear … Continue reading People First Leadership – Working for Your Teams
Following up from my previous post, I thought it would be a good idea to dive deeper into the idea of the Quality Narrative. As mentioned in that blog, I first came across the term from the 'Leading Quality' book by Ronald Cummings-John (@ronaldcj) and Owais Peer (@owaispeer). The book is a great reference for … Continue reading Defining your Story – Owning Your Quality Narrative
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