Melissa Fabina

Note: These are not sprints. I despise the word sprints. Sprints and work don’t go together. This isn’t about running all out as fast as you can, it’s about working calmly, at a nice pace, and making smart calls along the way. No brute force here, no catching our collective breath at the end.

Being a QA engineer is like being a film-noir detective. Finding traces, collecting evidence, locating suspects, crosschecking information and finally, deciding who has committed the mysterious crime. Like all detective work, QA is based on the art of elimination. As one of the great artists in this area, Sherlock Holmes, once said:

But a core value of good management is that your investment in your employees pays off as they grow in scope and impact. Well managed employees make your company better. They mentor new people, take on new skills, and t…