Test Big or Go Home. Case study of an integration testing team
Can you imagine what quality assurance would be like in an enormous multinational banking project, involving a few hundred people and many interconnected systems, both legacy and modern? The specific profile of such a project requires some extraordinary roles and fields of focus, including various testing teams and specialization areas.
A QA team responsible for the sanity of integrations between key components in test environments exemplifies such a unique field of expertise. This case study will present the daily challenges and methods of addressing them from the perspective of a Technical Product Owner.
The following questions will be answered:
- What does IT project management look like in the SAFe methodology?
- What is the role of a Technical PO?
- How might system integration tests for software with extremely complex architecture be approached?
- How does one lead a virtual war room and conduct complex investigations?
- What challenges are faced when working on a project with several hundred people from various countries and time zones?
- How can processes and communication be managed in such a large project… without going mad?