Posted by
Amit Kulkarni [Admin]
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accept Quality
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fight
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mistake
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ownership
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responsibility
| Posted on
12/02/2009 01:50:00 AM
How many times we've heard that testers are not ready to accept their mistakes. It is common scenario but rather unusual though!
We say ourselves as "Quality" masters but then we fail to face the truth. There is nothing wrong in accepting the truth and move on, and also make sure that we learn from these mistakes though!
I was just watching a team where developers and testers were fighting on the issue that cropped up and now there is stakeholder for it. This is not a true team work then. There was one issue cropped up on PRODUCTION and frankly speaking the testing team should have taken the responsibility, but no they're just shouting out We're not responsible for that.
When you succeed you make sure that all credit goes to you but when something goes wrong, there is no one to accept the responsibility. I term this as "ownership". This is applicable for all the teams and the task in their hand. When you take ownership for any task then it is your responsibility if anything goes wrong then you'll be held responsible, and if everything goes smooth you'll get all kudos!!!
We're human being and prone to make mistakes. The best way is to learn from these mistakes and try to make sure that we'll not repeat them! Rather I'd say its always better to make mistakes so you know the importance of them and the lesson you learn from them.
The next time you make a mistake, accept it and learn from it.
Please do not say I'm not responsible for that.
Best Regards,
Amit
testing is my passion!!!
http://bugteaser.blogspot.com
Thank you so much for this excellent post! I agree. It is so natural to feel defensive and attacked when things go wrong, but once you get past the fear you can ask yourself, "How can I make this better?" When we fight with our own team we just hurt the stakeholders. Making mistakes is part of learning, and if we save the time of blame we can work on a solution and move forward.
@Lanette,
I appreciate your valuable thoughts!
A tester is one who speaks truth then why not take responsibilities.
I make 1000 of mistakes but whats important for me the learning from them!
Best Regards,
Amit
testing is my passion!!!
http://bugteaser.blogspot.com