Removing QA Column, Driving Change and Nurturing Fun in Teams with Finn Lorbeer
Quality Bits
10/17/22
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In this episode of Quality Bits, Lina talks to a QA-turned-Director-of-Engineering Finn Lorbeer about his past days of ripping off the QA column as a QA, the differences in driving change when you're a team member versus in a leadership position, and why having fun in the team matters.
Find Finn on:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/finnlorbeer
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorbeer/
Reading recommendations for some mentioned concepts:
- Double Diamond design process model: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Diamond_(design_process_model)
- On quality specialists: https://finnlor.beer/2016/07/07/are-we-only-test-manager/
- Finn's website with writings: https://finnlor.beer/author/finnvonfriesland/
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- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/
- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/
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In this episode of Quality Bits, Lina talks to Alaa Sarhan, the CTO at wundertax.
Alaa is not only a great engineer, but also someone who is passionate and caring when it comes to product. You'll hear about the idea of perceived quality, as well as how to balance off product and engineering when creating high-quality products.
Find Alaa on:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlaaSarhan_WTX
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alaas/
Alaa's reading recommendations:
- Books:
- "INSPIRED: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love" - Marty Cagan
- "Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World" - Gen. Stanley McChrystal
- "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable" by Patrick Lencioni
- Alaa's blog posts:
- Teams are important: https://alaasarhan.me/teams/2021/11/14/teams-are-important/
- Product - draft definition: https://alaasarhan.me/product_developers/2019/04/28/product-developers-draft-definition/
Further reading recommendations for some mentioned concepts:
- Lina's Quality Foundations series: https://qualitybits.tech/writing/quality-foundations/
- "Building Evolutionary Architectures: Support Constant Change" by Neal Ford, Rebecca Parsons & Pat Kua
- Rebecca Parsons' talk "Building Evolutionary Architectures: Principles and Practices" at Agile meets Architecture conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQBlyAxPje0
Links to books are to Amazon and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases
Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina
- LinkedIn: https://de.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte
- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/
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Managing with Empathy with Angela Riggs
October 31, 2022
•32m
Ever joined a new company? I bet. The start is always challenging, and as Angela Riggs says "you have to learn to learn".
In this episode of Quality Bits, Lina and Angela discuss the feelings you may face in a new workplace, the job of a QA manager, setting boundaries, and management practices which support the high-quality product building teams.
Find Angela on:
- Her website: https://angelariggs.github.io/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/AngelaRiggs_
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelariggs/
Resources:
- Change management / people change management:
- Lara Hogan's blog post on desk moves and human emotions: https://larahogan.me/blog/desk-moves/
- Paloma Medina's BICEPS model: https://www.palomamedina.com/biceps
- On the discomfort of change: https://kathkeating-cto.medium.com/becoming-comfortable-with-change-4a27526fa0a7
- Communication and feedback:
- Conditions for meaningful feedback: https://medium.com/@royrapoport/why-wont-you-talk-to-me-f30a01a1994c
- Feedback equation: https://larahogan.me/blog/feedback-equation/
- Platform teams:
- Framing of knowing who your customers are: https://matt-schellhas.medium.com/how-to-run-a-department-that-people-mostly-dont-hate-e78c5ce22f59
- Book recommendations:
- "Resilient Management" by Laura Hogan
- "The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change" by Camille Fournier
- "Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well" by Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen
- "Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager" by Michael Lopp
Links to books are to Amazon and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases
Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/
- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/
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