Test's Ability: Technical Skill (Testing)

• Knowledge of best practices
• Tooling and awareness of progress in industry
• Exploratory testing
• Test modelling
• Designing and implementing test strategies
• Designing and improving test processes

Understands how to effectively check and regression check a new feature and beginning to show an understanding of deeper exploratory testing techniques.

Able to identify and execute a risk based test strategy for a small to medium size piece of work.

Example behaviours:

• Created and shared a test model in a feature kick off for a small to medium feature

Large amount of experience exploratory testing. Understands which testing techniques and tools to apply when testing our products.

Able to identify and execute a risk based test strategy for a medium to large piece of work

Example behaviours:

• Created and shared a test model in a feature kick off for a medium to large feature
• Paired with a developer to test the API using Postman
• Identified non-functional requirements and suggested ways to test to mitigate risk

Able to identify and execute a risk based test strategy for large, complex pieces of work, spanning multiple systems.

Able to identify and use tools to execute technical testing. Able to identify changes that improve quality across our products and processes.

Example behaviours:

• Independently added automated tests to a project. *Identified a security risk when implementing a change to accounts frontend. *Identified an area for improvement in the release cycle

Keeps up with industry best practices and ensure the team understands and implements them.

Ensures testers and developers are working effectively.

Owns quality; drives improvements to our products and processes to improve quality.

Ensures the whole team understands what quality means.

Example behaviours:

• Created and shared a quality model
• Delivered a workshop on best bug practices

I have observed this person showing a consistent, comfortable, continuous, and clear positive impact to not just internal teams but the community/industry in general when wielding this ability, and they are recognized by the community/industry as an expert