📖 Quality Coach newsletter #30

Anne-Marie Charrett -

🚑 Measuring Team Health

This month's premium article looks at measuring team health.

Having spoken to many teams, many have talked about wanting to know what good enough looks like. Like anything in software engineering, this isn't easy to define as much is context-dependent.

A collection of possible measures that align with gaps the team wants to focus on is an excellent way of helping teams measure and see progress.

Is Your Quality Ecosystem Thriving?
If you cant measure something, you cant improve it - Peter Drucker
Anne-Marie CharrettDeepika Nagaraja

I have two additional posts that explore tech leadership, Anne-Marie style. These posts are open to all.

Recognition
Just because you do an amazing job and you show value doesn’t mean you will be adequately recognised. You cannot control being recognised. You can control what brings you joy in the day.
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Value
When we take on a job, we’re entering a contract to deliver some value and its wise to demonstrate your commitment to that contract. Just don’t tie it to your self worth and the need for recognition.
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🏘️ Picks from the Community

Collaborating and working with customer support is often overlooked but is an invaluable source when seeking to understand better what customers value. Ashley Graft offers her experience in this post.

Bringing the Engineering & Product Teams closer to customers: Working with Support
In one of my previous roles before I decided to move completely over to test, one of my responsibilit…
DEV Communityashleygraf_

I was intrigued by this LinkedIn post by Joao Neto on using the Strangler Fig pattern for data.

Joao Neto on LinkedIn: Strangler Fig Pattern for... Data? In software architecture, the…
Strangler Fig Pattern for... Data? In software architecture, the Strangler Fig Pattern is a well-known strategy for incrementally migrating legacy systems to…
LinkedInJoao Neto

Amruta Pande is a QA at Canva who is writing about her experience in the AI space. Check out her work!

Test Emotional Intelligence in AI
There are many factors to consider when testing AI systems, such as bias, fairness, and functional behaviour. Apart from that, we should…
Mediumamruta

Upcoming speaking engagements

I am coming to the tail end of speaking conferences for this year. Three in October and then a well-deserved rest. 🛏️

DevOps Summit NSW 2024
The leading DevOps event across APAC to discuss how emerging tech is changing the DevOps landscape.
Forefront EventsRuth Collins
HUSTEF - Hungarian Software Testing Forum on LinkedIn: #hustef #softwaretesting #softwarequality
We proudly announce our first Keynote Speaker of HUSTEF 2024, the fantastic Anne-Marie Charrett! 🎉 We can't wait to meet her personally in Budapest - How…
LinkedInHUSTEF - Hungarian Software Testing Forum
Testing Talks Conference 2024 Melbourne
We want Testing Talks Conference 2024 to be a reunion for our community. A fun event for all; to share, learn and reconnect in-person.
Testing Talks Conference 2024 Melbourne

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Until next time,

Anne-Marie