In today’s software delivery world, whether you’re Agile, Waterfall, or a
hybrid in between, there’s a lot of focus on leveraging hard skills and
technology to improve our work and its results. For software testers, this
technological focus has long been on test automation. Now AI is the shiny new
thing. There’s also a heavy emphasis on following processes. Paradoxically this
is especially true in Agile environments, with team rituals like grooming,
planning, standups, demos, and retrospectives treated as cookbook recipes for
success by transformation consultants, Agile Coaches, and Scrum Masters.
But here’s the thing: none of this really works unless you’ve got Great
Teaming.
You’ve probably heard about cross-functional teams and the stages of forming,
storming, norming, and performing. Many think building great teams is about team
design, good management, and everyone sharing their favourite biscuits with the
team. But that’s only part of the story, which is why most teams don’t achieve
better results. They miss out because they don’t understand the emotional
conditions and the individual and team behaviours that make a team truly click -
or how to make those things happen.
We’re here to give you a kick-start to get your teaming engine running. This
isn’t just a sit-and-listen session – there will be some theory – but this is a
highly interactive workshop where you’ll get stuck in, have some fun, and learn
by doing. To keep it relevant for software testers, we’ll look at it all through
the lens of Quality Engineering and help you discover ways that better Teaming
will lead to better quality.
