people matter: considerations when outsourcing qa

People Matter:Considerations

WhenOutsourcing QA

YOU’LL ADDRESS SEVERAL VARIABLES WHEN CHOOSING

A QA PARTNER:

• COST

YOU’LL ADDRESS SEVERAL VARIABLES WHEN CHOOSING

A QA PARTNER:

• COST• LOCATION

YOU’LL ADDRESS SEVERAL VARIABLES WHEN CHOOSING

A QA PARTNER:

• COST• LOCATION• SUPPORTED TECH

YOU’LL ADDRESS SEVERAL VARIABLES WHEN CHOOSING

A QA PARTNER:

• COST• LOCATION• SUPPORTED TECH• AND MORE

YOU’LL ADDRESS SEVERAL VARIABLES WHEN CHOOSING

A QA PARTNER:

WHEN OUTSOURCING, PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE PEOPLE THAT WILL MAKE UP YOUR QA TEAM.

THE IDEAL QA TEAM WILL EXHIBIT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING TRAITS:

COMMUNICATION

Trait #1:

SKILLS

Good communicationaugments the

positive impactof your team’s skill set.

Communication equalsTransparency

• Engineersbetween:

Communication equalsTransparency

• Engineers• Project Managers

between:

Communication equalsTransparency

• Engineers• Project Managers• Stakeholders

between:

RESULT?• Healthy working

relationship

RESULT?• Healthy working

relationship• Streamlined test cycles

RESULT?• Healthy working

relationship• Streamlined test cycles• Successful projects

CRITICALTrait #2:

THINKINGSKILLS

RECIPE FOR GREAT QA:Latest testing tools

RECIPE FOR GREAT QA:Latest testing tools

Rich knowledgeof QA methodologies

plus

SHARP critical thinkinghelps teams apply tools and methodologies with

little oversight.

Trait #3:

HIGHRETENTION

Quality engineersare ASSETS:

• To the team

Quality engineersare ASSETS:

• To the team• To the project

Quality engineersare ASSETS:

• To the team• To the project• To the stakeholders

Quality engineersare ASSETS:

• To the team• To the project• To the stakeholders• To the company

Established teamsBOOST

project successwhile

training costs.REDUCING

LEARN MORE ABOUT BUILDING YOUR

EXPERT OUTSOURCEDQA TEAM

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