Why Developer & Tester Should Be

United: Secret Ingredient For

QualityQA Madness

Now, everyone realizes that testers are essential participants in the software life cycle, but personal issues between developers and testers always arise due to different perspectives on the process.

Traditionally, testing has been viewed as an independent and distinct stage at the tail-end of the software development life cycle.

Introduction

Reasons

The main reason why developers and testers crossing swords with each other is that “nobody likes being told what they did wrong”. As the result, many developers can become a little bit loony when testers find bugs in their code. Many developers do not

realize how difficult system testing could be. It takes patience and flexibility. It requires an eye for detail and an understanding of the big picture.

Reasons

There were a lot of discussions on whether the conflict is good or bad in point of its positive or negative impact on the outcome. It can be good in a competitive way, for showing the better result. But when it’s going

south, this conflict may have negative consequences not only in relation to the end product, but also in relation to the job satisfaction of both parties. Software testing is indispensable to ensure the software quality.

Purpose

All solutions to unite and explore two worlds have only one purpose. That is to make testers and developers realize that whatever they do, whatever they argue about, they have the same goal: quality. Either team, regardless of how wrong or right they are, must know that without each other nothing would be accomplished.

So what is the best way to make the union between developers and testers more supportive?

Tips:• Sharing. The frequent communication

between developing and testing teams helps to generate more ideas on each side.

• Be friendly and open-minded with other teams, so that both of you don’t feel wounded. Give the opportunity to share anything with you.

• Prioritize the project. Always look at the bigger picture.

• Accept that human being is mistakable.