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Does your company practice Quality Coaching?
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We donāt practice a specific model or framework, so Iām really interested to see this planet testing episode (well Iāll catch up with it as Iāll be on annual leave 
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However, I have been over the last year āmarketingā our QA team so that we are involved in quality discussions early so we can influence other stake holders in discovery and design phases to prevent quality issues coming to the QA team in the first place.
I think that is the key lesson Iāve learnt is to stick your foot in the door of these earlier stage discussions to āsellā our quality coaching skills so that we become less āthe people that test itā and more the ākey quality consultantsā.
Without knowing what you mean by Quality Coaching I canāt tell if we do it.
Can you give an explanation which is independent from the presentation?
I, probably as everyone else responding, think of random quality attributes and practices that happen in their company, for which thereās some higher force that watches and coaches 
I wonder what people think of when they see practice quality something?!
I am not sure if I have heard that word in my organization, but when it comes to quality, my company and team lead consider it as a team effort rather than an individual goal. Everyone is encouraged to follow standard quality practices and share their ideas, challenges, or anything on teams or meetings or dsm, that can help improve the overall product quality.
I believe while this may not fully align with the formal definition of quality coaching, however, encouraging a collaborative approach toward achieving better quality brings us a step closer to it.
Another unfamiliar phrase that apparently Iāve been doing for over a decade in my last two roles. 
Iāve always found coaching the wider project team and department in quality and testing methods and practices, helps them own their products and increases a desire to deliver better solutions.
As a bonus it also supports better testing through more people with unique perspectives getting involved.
The Quality Coaching definition is probably a good place to start looking. Also this collection on Quality Coaching if you have more time to spare.
I was talking at a local QA/test meetup 5 years ago about how we work with QA coaching at King.
Nothing fancy or mind-blowing, and pretty basic and easily implemented.
No, doesnāt specifically practice quality coaching, but we believe quality is everyoneās responsibility and each team member plays a role in maintaining high standards and preventing issues.
We donāt formally use the term or practice Quality Coachingā¦But we do have quality practice throughout our development process. Like feedback loops are in place at every phase, ensuring continuous improvement. Teams follow structured checklists before handovers, ask questions to enhance clarity, and align on acceptable quality criteria. Our focus goes is just not reporting and fixing bugsā¦we enable everyone to take ownership of quality as a shared responsibility across the team.
Iām still having difficulties with it. Just a few of the things that come to my mind:
To me, what I see in those articles on MoT are characteristics and responsibilities
that someone should be doing in their role as a tester.
If a tester doesnāt regularly attend to those tasks, what are they doing there anyway?
'Some of the things done by a quality coach in a typical working day:
This raises another great question - what do people think are āstandard quality practicesā?
I hate the term ābest practiceā but encourage āgood practiceā in engineering as that relates to skills - where ābestā is more toned to āthis is how it SHOULD be doneā instead of it could be done. Every engineering/delivery team will have nuances in how they work and for agile delivery that needs to be considered.
I see your point however with standard quality practices i mean the standard set by my organization and testing team leadership like what should be the acceptance criteria for accepting the quality of build or on what parameter we can decide if the quality of build is ready for deployment, etcā¦ That word specifically target the rules and standard by my company for the products that we deliver.
And i use the word standard because even though there are different projects and different teams are working on that inside my organization, still same rules are appliable for them when it comes to deciding the quality of the build.
For e.g. if we receive a build and more than 50% ticket fail then we reject the build because it doesnāt match the minimum standard that has been set by my organization for quality of build while accepting it for testing.
Great to pull out that list of āthings quality coaches doā, that would be good to explore more.
In my experience, QA Engineers often serve as the testing expert and quality coach within their teams. Interestingly, I donāt frequently use the term āQuality Coachingā day to day.
I find it most effective to collaborate with my teams in finding solutions, all while guiding them to take ownership. Emphasising that āquality is the responsibility of the entire teamā is key. Itās important to clearly communicate expectations and how the team can support these goals, as well as explicitly define ownership for various aspects of testing and quality.