Is Test Management REALLY Dead?
summary
Argues that test management is not dead but evolving: pandemic data shows job postings tripled for test managers early in 2020, so coordination work grows when teams go remote. Describes concrete duties — QA chapter leader coordinating cross‑team testers, running retrospectives, prioritizing, removing blockers — and technical expectations like reading code and light scripting (reads code and scripts in Python). Emphasizes measurable outcomes: built coordination practices that actually improve delivery and tester development.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Test management’s future
- 3:05Test managers still needed
- 8:04Test leadership in agile
- 15:56Micromanagement balance
- 21:21Bypassing and micromanagement
- 27:24QA leadership decentralized
- 31:00Test management’s pandemic shift
- 33:31Inspiring teams without forcing
- 36:22QA as team responsibility
- 39:55Career paths beyond test management
- 44:32Manual testers learn automation?
- 45:15Closing thoughts on test management
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