If you are testing a website that puts data into another application, it helps to have access to that application. If that application requires you to have an account and a set of permissions to see the changes that are being made, it helps to have those permissions. If that application has to send out notifications to clients, it helps to know how the notifications are going out, what the conditions are, how they work,…
I was asking someone the other day how I could improve at playing soccer. Their response is – “You run too fast in the first, but are more successful when you slow down in the second.” Truth, I do better in the second, I calm down more, I relax more, I’m warmed up, I have a feel for the game, who we’re playing, who I’m playing with – everything at that point in time is…
If it’s not organized, organize it. If the current code doesn’t work, fix it. If the words don’t fit, rewrite them. If the team is suffering, get them together, and figure it out. If you see the problem, jump in. You don’t have to have all the answers or the final solution. You do have to be willing to take that first leap to make the change happen. Otherwise, sit, complain, stew, grumble, sulk -…
You don’t just start trusting each other. It’s not something that happens on the first, second, thirtieth, or seven thousandth day. It just happens. It happens when the team has put in the daily bits to make it happen. It happens when the team has put in the effort to get there. It happens when the team has committed to the result, irrespective of the costs. Don’t force it, guide it, support it, then it…
You will lose a team member. You can’t always plan for it, but it will happen. It will not be of your own choosing. But it will happen. And when it does… I wish them well, success, the best of luck, and support, for they will need it. Starting over, at a new place, a new job, a new team is never easy. It wasn’t meant to be, but they are taking a step forward…