My personal QE Assessment
This past year I have experimented with creating a quality engineering assessment for my own personal use. Based on the Test Maturity Model. To figure out what needs looking at. I created an excel sheet and marked items from 0–4. The details of it are posted further below.
I found it useful in terms of exploring gaps and opportunities. For example initially there was no formal QE Peer Review Process, so we introduced that or combined functional/non functional strategies into a single QE strategy. I found it useful for me personally. I did not share it with the wider team (as it was my personal notes to figure out what I should focus on). It is a list I will definitely be scanning through. For example “success stories” is a good one to share the great things QE has been doing, so to ensure that it is done regularly.
I’d also like to note a blog post that I read recently by Suzanne. This is another way that you could potentially look at things, which I really enjoyed reading.
The scale:
0 — Nothing ; 1 — Initiation. 2 — Growing : 3 — Competent : 4 — Optimising
QE Strategy
- QE strategy
- Environment strategy
- Test data strategy
- customer focus
Continuous Testing
- Testing stages
- Risk analysis
- Quality Metrics
- Automation
- CI/CD pipelines
Test Planning
- Scope
- Team planning (future look)
- Schedule
- Estimation
- Coverage
- Design & Execution
- Tooling
Result Analysis
- QE Peer review
- Team peer review
- Reporting
- Success stories
Team dynamic
- In team collaboration
- Across team collaboration
Continuous Improvement
- Process (like doing a retro)
- Accountability — following through with an action
Team
- Roles and responsibilities
- Skills and skill gap
- QE team work
- Inclusion
- Perception of the team
Processes
- CAB
- Requirements Review
- Regression
Quality as a culture
- Do people take pride/jump in and help etc
- Define what good looks like (entry exit criteria etc)