What do you do other than testing?

[Ronan Healy]

Being employed as a tester means that it does take up a large focus of your role.

But with Agile and roles merging are testers taking on more duties than just testing.

Are you writing plans, co-coordinating with teams in different locations, attending meetings?

So my question for you; what do you do day-to-day other than testing?

[Jesper]

Also: besides “classic” test management what do you do as a test manager?
– off shore teams
– release planning
– …

[Richard]

Assuming you mean things that aren’t test-related;

I’m an internal auditor for ISO9001 and ISO27001

I’m a capability lead for Application Security.

I have lead waterfall projects through testing to release.

[Archana]

I am trying my hand at android application development. In my spare time, I am trying to build a new app

[Gokula]

Apart from testing, we involve in preparing user manuals, business discussion with stake holders &  taking application from initiation to production.

[Ravee]

I do following other than just testing.

– Engage with BA/PO in product backlog refinement

-Analyse gaps in the existing application and work with PO to write stories

-Application Code walkthrough with developers and attend their technical meetings, to prepare what changes are coming and impact of those changes.

-Investigate the failures or bugs at application log level to isolate the issue to possible smallest unit of module

-Help developers giving the right context of application to fix the issues

and many more….

 

[Priya]

A variety of tasks that fit in a QA bucket:

– Conducting RCAs

– Rolling out processes and tools

– Exploring related tools/plugins

– For most part, coaching fellow team members

– Customer Collaboration

are a few.

[Tassawer]

Other than testing, we are supposed to update our cook book (a kind of “How to series”) regularly.

[Author]

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