1. QUALITY LEADER THE CHANGING ROLE OF SOFTWARE TESTER by ANNA ROYZMAN PNSQC 2014

2. AGENDA  THE NEED  THE ROLE  THE SKILLS  THE FIT

3. THE TREND

5. HOW TO ORGANIZE ?

6. MY THEORY Self-organizing team needs

7. MY THEORY Self-organizing team needs: – A person fully versed in testing strategies

8. MY THEORY Self-organizing team needs: – A person fully versed in testing strategies – Who has the skills to facilitate testing activities and learning

9. MY THEORY Self-organizing team needs: – A person fully versed in testing strategies – Who has the skills to facilitate testing activities and learning – With the end goal to transform each team member into the quality advocate so that the team can succeed in delivering high value products

10. SKILLS Self-evaluation exercise

12. WHAT IS TESTING? A PROCEDURE a series of actions conducted in a certain order or manner Synonyms: course of action, line of action, plan of action, policy, series of steps, plan, method, system, strategy, stratagem, way, approach, formula, mechanism, methodology policyplan methodsystemstrategy stratagemwayapproach formulamechanism methodology A PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINE knowledgeknowledge or a concentration in one academic field of study or profession. A discipline incorporates expertise, people, projects, communities, challenges, studies, inquiry, and research areas that are strongly associated with academic areas of study or areas of professional practice.academic areas of studyprofessional practice

13. CROSS-DISCIPLINE COLLABORATION INTERACTIONAL EXPERTIZE Exchanges across disciplinary boundaries can also be carried out with the help of an agent: a person who is familiar enough with the language of two or more cultures to facilitate trade. (Collins & Evans, 2002).

14. LEVELS OF EXPERTISE by Harry Collins “Beer mat” knowledge. Knowing simple facts about an area. Featured in trivia games like Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?. Popular Understanding. Expertise that can be developed by reading popular accounts of a particular domain (such as popular science magazines) Primary Source knowledge. knowledge that is based on specialist publications that are written by practitioners for practitioners. Interactional expertise. The ability to converse expertly in more than one discipline without practicing one. Characterized by social interactions with the practitioners. Contributory expertise. Expertise of practitioner or scientist conducting researches on the subject.

15. DEBRIEF