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Martijn Goossens

Biography

Martijn holds over 18 years of experience in the QA field. He started as an Agile QA automation engineer and has fulfilled various QA leadership roles for the past 7 years.  Martijn is ISTQB and TMAP certified and is a frequent participant in QA meetups and conferences. In recent years he found the international conference stages where he is keen to share his experiences in the trenches. 

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About the Presentation

Maximum quality with minimum testers

 

Organizations worldwide feel the pain of having a minimum number of testers. At the same time, they put most of the responsibility for quality in those few hands. As a tester, Martijn has had to deal with this situation often. In recent years as a consultant, he has helped organizations overcome this struggle in pragmatic ways. Because hiring additional testers is often not the cure.While the ideas of shifting left, shifting right, and distributing quality responsibility across development teams or the entire organization aren’t novel, Martijn has observed that many projects don’t effectively implement them.
Let’s explore how you, as a tester, can assume a pivotal role, ensuring that the shift left and right strategies are so successful that you’re no longer seen as the bottleneck. This will save you time and effort and reduce stress in the whole team.This presentation will explore strategies for successfully implementing Shift Left through Example Mapping and 3 Amigo sessions.
Additionally, we’ll discuss the considerations for integrating observability as a quality assurance measure in the Shift Right approach. Lastly, I’ll share personal insights on how to effectively engage with developers, POs, and managers, fostering a collective passion for the quality each of us contributes to the team.Putting quality checks in more places than the most obvious ‘with the testers’ allows QA engineers to break free from being seen as the bottleneck. With the focus on shifting left and right, testers can show teams and the organization where their expertise truly lies and how it can add value to the whole of the SDLC.