We have a small product and eng team, and are too early to have QA. Do you recommend we have eng test their own features? Is this the job of the product? Also should we have QA as part of our sprint, or the subsequent sprint?
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Bluevine Senior Director of Product Management | Formerly Xero, Practice Fusion • 10mo
QA testing is a minimum requirement for every story - shipping untested features leads to compounding quality issues that are harder to untangle later, which will slow do...
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Samsara Vice President of Product Management - Safety • 4y
I’m a strong believer in product/feature teams owning their deliverables end to end, which includes not only product definition and development, but also testing and val...
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Atlassian Head of Product, DevOps • 10mo
Quality is everyone’s responsibility. It’s not just a role. It’s a mindset that needs to be built into how the team works, from planning through delivery.Here’s how I app...
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Typeform Chief Product Officer • 3y
I recommend triangulation as much as is possible. Without a QA function, engineering should be checking to make sure from a technical standpoint that what they have built...
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Meta Senior Director of Product Management • 6mo
With AI products, Product Managers need to step up their involvement in testing. Specifically, Evals (evaluations)must become a mandatory part of every PM’s toolkit to en...
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Cisco Director of Product Management • 1y
Its great question.We have bunch of teams where dedicated QA role didn't exist, Making sure product quality is up-to required goal was left on developers, Product Manager...
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HubSpot Group Product Manager, CRM Platform • 2y
Having a QA team ranges from company to company, but I personally believe it's important for engineers to test their own features so they feel more ownership over the qua...
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