Complementing your existing team with technical skills.
It’s no secret that software testing is often seen as one of the least technical roles in a software development project.
As technical people, with computer science backgrounds, we are often in a minority in a test teams.
However there are many benefits to having technical people in software testing teams:
- better understanding of system under test which leads to identification of high risk areas;
- creation of tools and utilities which leads to increased efficiency by reducing the mundane, repetitive work;
- common language with developers which improves communication and reputation of test team who do know what they’re talking about;
- improved information in defects leading to shorter resolution times and reduced ‘back and forth’ of defects;
- identification of non functional issues such as performance bottlenecks;
- improved motivation and interest within the test team;