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Compare MuukTest with traditional QA hiring to find the best fit for your team. Discover how MuukTest can streamline your testing process efficiently.

Congrats on the new engineering manager role! This engineering manager blog post is your 90-day guide to thriving, not just surviving. We'll cover onboarding, building relationships, and setting expectations. Plus, we'll tackle how to adapt to the changing world of software development and the impact of LLMs. Ready to crush it? Let's go.

In an attempt to maximize efficiency, many organizations are asking Developers to contribute more to the testing effort, blurring the lines of responsibility between “Development” and “QA”. After all, nobody knows the code better than the Developer who wrote it. Although it’s difficult to dispute that fact, software testing requires a certain level of expertise and one cannot assume that a skilled Developer will necessarily equate to a skilled tester.

The fast pace of invention and development in the modern technological world is unparalleled, with new technologies constantly developing and appearing. Variables such as improved computer capabilities, an increase in mobile device usage, and easier access to data have contributed to this environment. Because of this, collaboration with freelance software testers is an option for companies looking to get ahead of the rest.

How can In-house QA teams work alongside freelancers or outsourced testing services? Is there a chance that there will be resentment, confusion, or just an overlap of work? In this blog we’ll look at a particular case study that shows how managers and team leaders can define boundaries and open channels of communication so these in-house QA teams can get the most support out of outsourced testing services.

Successful projects are built on the foundation of precise requirements and the ability of teams to interpret, analyze, and review requirement documents. There are many customers who find it difficult to express their thoughts in words. Even if they are able to express themselves, there are many complexities that can arise due to the number of people involved, the skills of different team members, and the complexity of the domain. Without understanding the requirement documents (yes, there is a distinction between the requirements and the requirement documents), we would be on the path to making costly mistakes. Many projects suffered losses when the teams discovered the differences between intentions and implementation during the first demo.