This article provides tips for onboarding new Quality Assurance (QA) professionals to a team. It outlines the mandatory and optional requirements for hiring QAs and suggests a step-by-step onboarding process for newly hired QAs. The article also highlights the importance of training and provides recommendations for relevant courses and resources.
In case you are hiring new QAs to your team, here are tips for requirements you should consider:
Mandatory requirements:
Real experience with testing on IT projects (2-3 years should be enough)
Ability to be independent on the project
Experience with testing during development phase and during UAT
Experience with pricing - typically it is not necessary as we have a training available
Ability to communicate effectively with project team and with customer
Experience with a test management tool - creating test cases, reporting testing progress and bugs, creating final test report, importing and exporting of test cases
Ability to learn new things quickly
Knowledge of standard sw testing terminology and methodology
Optional requirements:
Test automation (you should prefer your test automation tool, but any experience can be a big benefit)
Performance testing
API testing
Software testing certification (like ISTQB)
Experience with leading a group of testers
And here are tips for onboarding of newly hired QAs or new QAs on Pricefx projects:
Onboarding:
Training portal (https://trainingportal.pricefx.com/ )
Quality Assurance Learning Path - Entry level - this training should be mandatory for all QAs, it is free of charge for Partners and internal Pfx. Note that this certification is covering also basic info about Pricing and Price fx sw.
Product Knowledge trainings
Other trainings based on your interest
Study a good sw testing training (for example “TestingEducation“ on YouTube)
Work on project with support of more experienced QA Analyst
Work on project as main QA Analyst