For me as a tester, being close to devs is a crucial and vital thing. Most defects get detected even before being coded!
About office layout, here in Kyiv's GlobalLogic we've got office with plenty of cool things. I'd say it somehow similar to Google offices, and it's amazing! Such a workspace keeps me motivated.
Development team and testing team sitting together is a great idea, but I have observed that team sitting in closer layout has impacted the productivity because the place becomes noisy.
Well, your testers can use a screen recorder and send you videos of the steps of the bugs whenever needed. Like Jing is the one. Hope that may help communicate better.
It's strange to see how the warehousing of software developers is a great step forward in ergonomics. Companies short of space (e.g., big aerospace firms) have frequently resorted to taking a huge empty building and filling it with desks for engineers, etc.; this was related to me as a horror story, though. That approach yields too much noise, too many distractions and a general feeling of being a teeny, tiny replaceable cog in a giant soulless machine. Computer labs at universities also employ this expediency, although in this case it's more like an office with open seating; again it's like the computer users are barely tolerated clients. Maybe that's what folks get accustomed to as students but it sure seems a long ways from optimal. With current collaboration tools there's no reason you can't have intentional collaboration and with private offices it can be accomplished without inflicting it on everyone in hearing range. There's a time for brainstorming and much more frequently a time for intense focus.
For me as a tester, being close to devs is a crucial and vital thing.
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About office layout, here in Kyiv's GlobalLogic we've got office with plenty of cool things. I'd say it somehow similar to Google offices, and it's amazing! Such a workspace keeps me motivated.
Development team and testing team sitting together is a great idea, but I have observed that team sitting in closer layout has impacted the productivity because the place becomes noisy.
ReplyDeleteYes I'm ready to work for google. I'll work for food. Been waiting to get job at google for long time. Workplace looks very smart setup.
ReplyDeleteLooks crowded, seems like you sit on top of each other...
ReplyDeleteWell, your testers can use a screen recorder and send you videos of the steps of the bugs whenever needed. Like Jing is the one. Hope that may help communicate better.
ReplyDeleteIt's strange to see how the warehousing of software developers is a great step forward in ergonomics. Companies short of space (e.g., big aerospace firms) have frequently resorted to taking a huge empty building and filling it with desks for engineers, etc.; this was related to me as a horror story, though. That approach yields too much noise, too many distractions and a general feeling of being a teeny, tiny replaceable cog in a giant soulless machine. Computer labs at universities also employ this expediency, although in this case it's more like an office with open seating; again it's like the computer users are barely tolerated clients. Maybe that's what folks get accustomed to as students but it sure seems a long ways from optimal. With current collaboration tools there's no reason you can't have intentional collaboration and with private offices it can be accomplished without inflicting it on everyone in hearing range. There's a time for brainstorming and much more frequently a time for intense focus.
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