Why I Lost My Job As a Test Manager and What I’ve Learnt As a Result
summary
Argues that discipline‑based test management is obsolete and the organisation removes no more test managers and no more development managers in favour of cross‑functional teams led by delivery managers. Implements a test community, internal conferences, Lean Coffee sessions, a “coaching cafe” service menu, a blog post a day and a coaching team with one test coach covering an IT organisation of ~250 people (once managing six teams). Results: faster time‑to‑market and greater ownership, though some testers feel unsupported and some leave.
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chapters (30)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:58Inspiration
- 2:45Background
- 3:10The Elizabeth Hendrickson
- 4:40Waterfall
- 5:28Team Management
- 7:05The Upshot
- 8:02Im a Test Manager
- 8:58Being a Dinosaur
- 9:17The Competitive Landscape Changed
- 9:41What Were The Changes
- 11:10What Happened to Me
- 11:54What We Did
- 12:10Looking At Other Companies
- 12:54Test Community
- 14:40Lean Coffee
- 15:13Community
- 17:07Food Drink
- 17:23Coaching Team
- 19:34The Coaching Cafe
- 20:38No Silver Bullet
- 21:28Education
- 24:17What happened
- 25:55The main lesson
- 26:24What do we do
- 27:01Its not the end
- 28:08This isnt just about test managers
- 29:15Dont forget testing
- 29:44Take care of the test community
- 30:28Summary
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