2Managing the Test Team

Keywords: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), RACI matrix, SMART goal methodology, test architect

2.1Introduction

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In the previous chapter, we talked about defining what you are trying to accomplish (test objectives), how you will go about it (test strategy), and how you will measure success (test metrics and goals). In this chapter, we turn to an essential ingredient in successful testing: managing the people doing the testing work.

To be successful as a test manager, you must be able to build a test group, develop the skills of the people in that group, and lead it toward the objectives. You may have a single group of individual testers or a collection of ...

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