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Greetings!
This is the very first article of what will be a weekly series of articles delving into the subject of Quality. I would like to use this first edition to explain why I am writing the articles (the typical stuff: my background, reasons for the article, hopeful benefits and what you can expect). I promise to keep it short and the boredom level hopefully low.
My background:
I am a quality and technical program management professional with over 14 years of functional and project management experience in the area of quality ranging from start up organizations to fortune 100 companies.
Reasons for the article:
- Most notably, I am in transition from my current role(translation: the fortune 100 company I worked for had to contract their workforce), but am looking forward to sharing information I gain along this transition road - and it's a great way to stay connected and informed.
- I volunteer for a networking group and on several occasions folks made a reference to the term 'quality' as one entity. So, on several occasions I have said (nicely) , " The quality profession is not homogeneous. True, the world of quality may have a generically common thread of purpose; however, depending on the industry the applications, tools, methodologies and expected outcomes could differ greatly.
- My genuine hope for this article series is not only to keep abreast of the profession, but to also inform and entertain. And on a good day, and through on-line discussion, come up with an insight that may change the way we view our practice of quality. That would be exciting! .... so article comments are most welcome.
The weekly article will have one of three themes (at author's discretion as to when the theme appears):
- Quality is Everywhere: I find this area fascinating. The more you become attuned to seeing quality, or the lack thereof, the more you then see it - whether on the supermarket shelf, in a software test plan, production line adjacencies, your local town hall or in a customer service process. It's like one of those pictures you stare at - at first you see nothing but lines, then a figure suddenly pops out from the page!
- Company Road Trip: This will be recaps of conversations I have had/will be having with management and other folks of import in various quality roles - whilst I am out looking for new opportunities . I have an exciting line up already of some really interesting companies in a wide range of products and services. Should be fun.
- Methods to The Madness: Discussion around a specific methodology or repeatable process to guide or measure that thing we call Quality.
Hopefully, I finished before you went into ADM (automated dose mode) ... just had to throw in one for all you acronym junkies.
Next week:
Methods to The Madness: 'Finding your way along the test case audit trail'
Fran
