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Today I am going to talk about software testers guide to success, what you must do more to succeed in software testing industry. There is no doubt that software testing has come a long way since a few decades back when the role of the tester was very specific and limited.
This period may be regarded as the most exciting yet challenging times that a tester is going through. Those who are able to handle and convert these challenges into opportunities clearly have a strong road laid ahead of them both for the products they are working on and for their own personal careers.
You may as well ask what is driving all of this change? The state of product quality today, which in turn is directly influenced by the state of product development, has a lot to do with what and what else we do as a tester. Secondly, the need for domain knowledge is more important now than ever before. And finally, it is becoming important for the tester to think beyond the bounds of his core testing work.
Given the multitude of test scenarios, devices and parameters that he works with, it has become important to look beyond conventional roles. In this first podcast, we look at what other tasks a tester should take on in addition to his core testing responsibilities. Keeping a tab on competition.
Being a tester means that it is important to live and breathe quality outside of core work hours as well. One must be a keen market watcher to see what competition he faces simple things such as what kind of feedback our users giving for the competition, what forums can he monitor to best gauge feedback for my own product, what our users' pain points, etc. will go a long way to gain success.
These are all things that no one is going to direct a tester to take on. These need to be self-driven and those who do these are able to clearly set themselves apart. Striving for innovation. Innovation has become the key to thrive in any discipline, testers being no exceptions.
Today we see testers do amazingly different things to enhance their productivity and also add to the quality of the product, whether it be newer tools and frameworks, bringing in newer concepts such as games into software testing, keeping track of new technologies, etc. The management teams are also more receptive to such continuous improvement strategies than ever before, creating a very conducive environment overall for the quality landscape. Consistent collaboration. Striving for innovation.
Striving for innovation. Striving for innovation. It is also a good idea, in general, to get across the perspective of the product and branch into other test types to an addition to your niche that you may be specializing in. Conclusion.
While all of the newer tasks we take on outside our traditional role of a tester are indeed exciting, there is one glitch that needs to be carefully evaluated. All of these require close collaboration with the rest of the team and sometimes even delegation of responsibilities from a tester's plate to another. When these are done without careful and insightful planning, mindful of the other entities involved we may appear to be trespassing into another team's area of operations.
If and when such a thought process creeps into the team, the overall collaboration tends to be more destructive than constructive. Thus, a tester is required not just to excel in his own zone of operations but really look for opportunities to bond with the team and excel as a group, savvy for teams sensitivities that need to be balanced with quality goals and market requirements. As testers, you are required to change strategies on how you test.
Newer emphasis must be placed on techniques such as exploratory testing and bugbash as to enable teams to bring out their creative best within the shortest possible test cycles. Thus, organizations and testers alike will need to understand and implement these metrics in the true spirit to derive ongoing value and when such a mature state is reached, it will certainly be an exciting time for the testing for eternity as a whole.
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