Will Your Project Endure Distributed or Remote QA Teams

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Will Your Project Endure Distributed or Remote QA
Teams
Angelina Friz QATestLab Program Manager
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About me
6 years experience in project management
4 years experience in team management
favorite methodology is Agile
managing currently simultaneously 8 teams
the largest team is 11 testers
fond of rally the troops )
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In the age when flexibility defines market
success, location of project teams is not an
issue any more. Companies create remote and
distributed QA teams to ensure business
scalability by entering the market with
qualitative solutions.
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Remote Team Away from the Office
In order to deliver a required work, in-house
QA team is not always enough. So the team is
created from remote specialists that are
reporting to its own manager.
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Distributed Team Scattered Around
Being free from limits of Traditional office
environment, distributed team members are
located over a large area but still have
access to companys resources and means. The
team members communicate with each other through
different channels, e.g., email, Slack.
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Having own benefits, both remote and distributed
QA teams still face some challenges that reduce
the work productivity and efficiency.
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Challenge 1 Poor communication

• no direct contacts with project team members
• long time to get responses
• linguistic barriers
• no clear communication channels

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Solution

• usage of several communication channels email,
  video chat, phone, etc.
• direct communication with each team member
• daily status calls

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Challenge 2 Poor collaboration

• lack of constant data and knowledge sharing
• cultural boundaries
• management difficulties
• tasks measurability issues
• lack of team culture

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Solution

• clear responsibility assignment
• usage of data management systems
• training and instructions
• awareness of cultural specifics

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Challenge 3 Time difference

• tasks delivery issues
• lack of synchronized meetings
• overlapping task schedules

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Solution

• defining of overlap and nonoverlap hours
• established contacts for critical issues
• regular meetings

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Challenge 4 Project structure

• lack of team culture
• organization structure barriers
• company culture and business policy
• project leadership issues
• role of remote specialists

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Solution
Clear hierarchy of project team Established team
culture Outsource the test lead Involvement of
qa team in project planning
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By establishing constant communication and proper
management system, you will avoid barriers of
different nature and release the qualitative
product in time due to effective distant
collaboration with QA teams.
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Contacts
E-mail contact_at_qa-testlab.com
Twitter QATestLab
Phone [phone] Address 154a,
Borschagivska str., 03056, Kiev, Ukraine
Web-site qatestlab.com
SkypeID sales.qatestlab
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