Topic Teasers Vol. 20: QA, QC and Testers

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  Agile   Quality   Testing/Test Management  

I’m so confused. I was a Quality Tester at my last job, but here the employees seem to use the titles Quality Assurance, Quality Control and Testing interchangeably. I started out in a more traditional organization, but now I’m a tried and true agile believer. Since I have no job description, what are my responsibilities?

A. The three concepts are often used interchangeably. Ask what it means in your new organization and accept that as your role in your workplace reality despite the real definition.

B.  Find the specific meanings for each term from a university professor in the town where you work. Use that information to correct the organization so that they use proper terminology.

C. Once you learn your job description from Human Resources, create a new title for yourself so that others can understand what you do. Perhaps Defect Engineer would be apt.

D. Since agile teams work without formal processes or documentation, there is no need to answer to a particular title. Everyone on the team is merely a team member.

Answer: A. The three concepts are often used interchangeably. Ask what it means in your new organization and accept that as your role in your workplace reality despite the real definition.

Not only are you confused, the whole project world seems to bubble with clear definitions for each term--but those …

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