Software Testing: Principles and Practices

Chapter 14

Organization Structures for Testing Teams

In this chapter—

• Dimensions of organization structures

• Structures in single-product companies

• Structures for multi-product companies

• Effect of globalization and geographically distributed teams on product testing

• Testing services organizations

• Success factors for testing organizations

14.1 DIMENSIONS OF ORGANIZATION STRUCTURES

In this chapter, we will look at the various organization structures in typical testing organizations. (We discuss only the organization structures directly pertaining to development and testing. Other parts of an organization such as finance, administration, and so on have not been covered.)

Organization structures directly relate to some of the people issues discussed ...