Kweli nqaku ndicacisa indlela indima yendabuko 'yoMphathi we-QA' eguquke ngayo kwaye iye yangasafuneki kwaye kutheni uninzi luziva lusoyikiswa ngendima yomsebenzi wabo wexesha elizayo njengoMphathi weQA.
Indima noxanduva lwabaphathi beQA lutshintshile kakhulu kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo, ikakhulu ngenxa yemibutho emininzi eya kwiindlela zokuphucula i-agile apho kukho amaqela asebenza kunye ukuhambisa iinjongo zeshishini.
Uninzi lwabaphathi beQA bahlala beziva bedidekile ngendima yabo kwaye baziva bengekho ndawo xa bebekwe kwimeko ye-agile, ngakumbi xa bebephethe ukulawula iqela lokuvavanya kunye nokuchaza iinkqubo zeQA zombutho.
Apha ngezantsi zezinye zezizathu zokuba umphathi we-QA kwiprojekthi ye-agile engadingeki ukulawula abavavanyi kunye nomzamo wovavanyo.
Kuseto olufanelekileyo lwe-agile, akukho nto ithi 'iSebe lokuVavanya', apho iqela labavavanyi lihleli kunye, ngesiqhelo kude kubaphuhlisi kwaye lilawulwa liKhokelo loVavanyo okanye uMlawuli woVavanyo.
Kwimeko engaginyisi mathe, kuncinci kakhulu ukugxininisa kumaxwebhu anzima anje ngeeplani zovavanyo ezineenkcukacha ezihlala zingumsebenzi woMphathi weQA ukubhala la maxwebhu ngeendlela zesiko.
KwiScrum, eyindlela edumileyo yokuphucula i-agile, kukho iindima ezintathu eziphambili:
Iqela leSkram liyazilawula kwaye lenziwe ngabaphuhlisi, abayili kunye nabavavanyi. Iqela leSkram ngokwalo linoxanduva lokuhambisa isoftware ekumgangatho ophezulu.
Zihambile iintsuku xa uMphathi we-QA ebenoxanduva lokuphendula xa bekukho isiphene esivelileyo kwimveliso. Kwi-Agile, wonke umntu uyaphendula kwaye umgangatho luxanduva lomntu wonke.
Xa isiganeko sokuvelisa sidibana, wonke umntu uyahlangana ukuze abone okungahambanga kakuhle kunye nendlela enokuthintelwa ngayo kwixa elizayo.
Akukho ndawo yoMphathi we-QA kwi-Agile kuba ngokungathanga ngqo ithatha uxanduva lweqela kwiQA esisesona sizathu sokuba kutheni amaqela eSkram alungileyo ehambisa umgangatho ophezulu kakhulu. Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba i-QA kwaye ke kuvavanywa, yinxalenye yendalo yeendlela zokuphucula i-Agile.
Kwi-Agile, izinto eziphambili ngokubaluleka kwezeshishini zitshintsha rhoqo kwaye iQela leSkram kufuneka lilungiselele ukutshintsha kwezinto eziphambili. Kuphantse kube yinto engenakwenzeka ukugcina lonke utshintsho ingakumbi xa kukho iiQela zeScrum ezininzi kumbutho omkhulu.
Njengoko uStephen Janaway ekhankanya kwibhlog yakhe kwi ' Ukuphela kweNdlela yaBaphathi boVavanyo? '
Ukuba ngumphathi wovavanyo kwimeko ye-Agile kunokuba yedwa ngamanye amaxesha, ngakumbi xa isebe likhulu, kwaye inani lamaqela e-agile likhulu. Ifuna ukubanakho ukulungelelanisa ulwazi oluninzi, izinto eziphambili ngokubaluleka kunye nemisebenzi, kwiindawo ezininzi. Ulawulo lwabachaphazelekayo nefuthe ziyeyona nto iphambili. Ukutshintsha komxholo kuza ngokomgangatho. Rhoqo akubi mnandi kakhulu.
Kumaqela e-Agile, abaphuhlisi bayakhuthazwa ukuba bavavanye ikhowudi yabo kwaye babhale uvavanyo olwaneleyo nolusebenzayo lokuqinisekisa ukuba ikhowudi entsha ayinazo iimpazamo ezibonakalayo kwaye waziswe ngokukhawuleza nje ukuba into yaphulwe.
Xa sinesiseko esomeleleyo seemvavanyo ezilungileyo zecandelo esinokuxhomekeka kuzo, isusa uxanduva lwabavavanyi ekufuneka bevavanye iimpazamo ezibonakalayo; Endaweni yoko, banokugxila ngakumbi kuvavanyo lokuhlola kwaye bancedise nge-UAT engadingi kucwangciswa kubanzi kunye namaxwebhu.
Ke, abaphathi beQA bangaguqukela njani kwiindlela ezi-agile zokusebenza kunye noncedo kwiiprojekthi ze-agile?
Nangona indima yesiqhelo kunye noxanduva loMlawuli weQA kusenokungabonakali njengeyimfuneko kwimeko ye-Agile, kukho iindawo ezithile apho abaphathi be-QA banokongeza ixabiso.
Umphathi we-QA kwi-Agile kufuneka abe ngumvavanyi onamava ukuze akwazi ukunika iingcebiso kwiimeko ezinzima. Kuya kufuneka bazi ukuba uvavanyo lungena njani kwiprojekthi ye-agile.
Amanqaku agutyungelwe kwiposti yebhlog Umphathi wovavanyo kwi-Agile NguKatrina Clokie (aka Katrina uMvavanyi) unika isishwankathelo sendima entsha yoMphathi weQA kwiAgile:
Eminye imimandla apho abaphathi be-QA kwi-Agile banokongeza ixabiso zezi:
Ukushwankathela, indima yoMphathi we-QA kwi-Agile ngakumbi yinkxaso, uqeqesho, ukuququzelela nokuthetha-thethana nezinye ii-QAs kunye namanye amalungu eqela kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba ezona ndlela zilungileyo ze-QA zimiselwe kwaye umgangatho ubhakwa kwasekuqaleni.