Some time ago, the topic of "shifting testing to the left" suddenly became popular in the testing circle. Many big names have written many articles on this topic. Friends who want to read it can search it on WeChat.
After reading it, the author still felt that it was not very satisfying, so I followed suit and wrote the previous article. One feeling after reading is that most of the articles revolve around the themes of How and What, and introduce a lot of left-shift practices. Even when it comes to Why, it mainly focuses on introducing why the team should shift testing to the left, and introduce the benefits that shifting testing to the team can bring.
As a front-line tester, when reading such articles, some questions linger in my mind, "What does this have to do with me? What are the benefits of doing this to me?"
The practice of Xiaogang Village proves the importance of straightening out production relations. Similarly, there is a metaphor of chicken and pig in agile. When we talk about "test shift left", we can use "simple moral intuition" to ask ourselves, what determines whether you produce eggs or chicken legs?
From the perspective of the tester Individual Contributor, the author sorted out the following possible motivations for "test shift left":
1 Hope to become a high-performing tester
2 Hope to change jobs and become a developer or product
3. I hope the team will succeed and make the overall cake bigger, so that individuals will get more.
4. Establish your reputation in the company and team
5 The leader asked me to move to the left and complete the tasks assigned by the leader
6 Everyone is talking about shifting to the left, so I will try it, otherwise I will fall behind.
Others: There are no more test positions, passively moved to the left
Considering the power of Conway's Law, as a tester in a test team, or a tester who has joined a so-called Feature Team, or a manager of a test team, do you want to move left? What is your motivation?
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