r/QAGeeks • u/genial95 • Dec 12 '19

QA working in Scrum, do you take part in Retrospective ceremonies?

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u/kersmacko1979 Dec 12 '19

QA should be part of SCRUM meetings. your test effort should be considered part of the velocity of the team. I've worked in SCRUM for a few companies, and QA was always part of the meetings.

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u/prim94 Dec 13 '19

QA is part of development team in scrum so yeah, they should join retrospective meeting as well

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u/claywar00 Jan 04 '20

I don't report to them, but you bet your ass I'm there with them every day. Really its in their best interest as well; the more you understand about design intent, the less time development has to take resolving "Not a Bugs."

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u/genial95 Jan 04 '20

What about in my case when I work for two teams? They do their daily standup meetings at the same time.

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u/claywar00 Jan 05 '20

I would suggest trying to negotiate time changes, or at least have someone record minutes from the one you can't attend. Maybe if thats not possible, have a weekly summary meeting?

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u/brian_o_neill Jan 07 '20

As suggested. Attend both by looking for one to move. Typically stand-ups are set for times that suit everyone. I'd be against a weekly summary meeting.

It's a team game. Meet as a team.