Today’s software companies and corporate IT departments need testers with more than just a keen eye and excellent verbal and written communication skills that we read about in every QA/Test job posting. Communication and the power of observation should be requirements for any job. Testers need to extend their skills into development, process and product domain knowledge. In current times software cycles move very fast. Testers need to do more than just point out a potential defect; we need to identify its source, better the procedures, and truly understand the business needs. This is not possible without intimate knowledge of the underlying working of your product and environment.

Test Managers, what type of skill sets do you expect from your staff?

Test Professionals, do you continue to expand you skills outside of testing techniques?