When I first joined a rapidly growing startup as the solo tester for the web team, I made every mistake in the metrics book. Fresh from an enterprise background, I tried to measure everything. Six months and countless spreadsheets later,… Read More »From Drowning in Data to Driving Decisions: A Solo Tester’s Journey
As a solo tester in a growing company, you’re bombarded with advice about what to measure. Code coverage, test execution rates, bug counts, automation percentages … the list seems endless. Add DORA metrics to the mix, and it’s easy to… Read More »Three Metrics That Actually Matter When You’re Testing Solo
You’ve just joined a growing startup as their first tester. Coming from a large enterprise, you’re keen to implement proper quality metrics. After all, data-driven decisions were key to your previous success. Yet three months in, you’re drowning in spreadsheets… Read More »The Solo Tester’s Dilemma: When Enterprise Metrics Don’t Fit