Surviving as a Tester, Even in Difficult Circumstances
Randall Rice
Rice Consulting Services
Most test professionals have worked at some time or other in difficult organisations, dysfunctional cultures, and for unreasonable managers and stakeholders. This causes much internal stress and creates fear instead of creativity. While some fortunate testers work in fantastic and supportive organisations, Rice’s research with many testers indicate most of the problems in testing are “people problems.”
In this webinar, Randy will describe the most common organisational issues that affect testers and will give some tips and strategies on how to survive through them. He will also discuss the difficult issue of knowing when to move on to a new organisation, as well as how to map your own career growth.
About Me!
Randy Rice is a leading author, speaker and consultant in the field of software testing and software quality. He has over 35 years’ experience building and testing mission-critical projects in a variety of environments and has authored over 60 training courses in software testing and software engineering. He is also an active software test practitioner.
He is a popular speaker at international conferences on software testing and is also publisher of The Software Quality Advisor newsletter. He is co-author with William E. Perry of the book, Surviving the Top Ten Challenges of Software Testing and Testing Dirty Systems, published by Dorset House Publishing Co. Randy also serves on the board of directors of the American Software Testing Qualifications Board (ASTQB).
You can contact Randy at his website at www.riceconsulting.com.