QA Team Values for Team Foundation Server

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re: QA Team Values for Team Foundation Server

Wayne Miller — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:44:09 GMT

Cool ideas, had never thought much about it. I've toyed around a little with trying to figure out the causal relationships of our quality -- like a system control diagram with positive and negative feedback loops. The idea being to figure out all the ways you can attack the "system" to improve quality.

re: QA Team Values for Team Foundation Server

JasonBa — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:55:19 GMT

Interesting idea Wayne. I could certainly see how understanding the positive/negative influencers on your quality process interact would help you understand which practices to improve and which to reinforce. I'd be interested in hearing more about it.

re: QA Team Values for Team Foundation Server

Ayesha Anjum — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:16:39 GMT

These are the things which can help you evaluate your team. But i think most of it depends upon the motivation level of your team members. Its like Give-and-Take rule, means what are you giving your team members which can motivate them to be highly rated according to your criteria. What are you doing to improve their skills, and to enhance their profile, and then in return what are your expectations.

re: QA Team Values for Team Foundation Server

JasonBa — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:12:24 GMT

I agree - motivated employees generally do much better work than non-motivated employees :) I'll blog more about my philosophy around managing QA teams in particular in upcoming posts. I'll make sure to include the motivation angle too. thanks!