While teamwork may not be listed as one of our topics for the course, if I’ve learned anything during this semester it’s that teamwork yields massively more results than testing alone. We just recently did an assignment where we were given “shaky” code to look at and record any errors we found. We started by going off on our own to look for errors. We then came back together to see what everyone found, and it was amazing how different our lists look. Even though it was the same code everyone caught a ton of different mistakes.
There are plenty of benefits to teamwork in the software testing field. “The Importance of Collaboration in Software Testing Teams” is a great blog I discovered that fully goes over these benefits. Unfortunately, the author did not leave their name anywhere and signs off as “admin” so I can’t give them the full credit due, but I linked the blog above if you want to give it a read over.
Some key takeaways are early issue identification, improved software quality, and increased efficiency. There’s many more listed in the blog, but these are the three I find most important.
In one of my previous blogs, I mentioned just how much more it can cost to fix a mistake that slips through the early phases of software development so having early issue identification is huge. Through multiple eyes looking at the same software everyone is able to use their own unique perspective to weed out as many bugs as possible.
As for improved software quality and efficiency, how can you not say yes to better software, faster. That’s just a win for everyone. Every developer has their own style and methods to solving problems and by combining them you can create innovative solutions that can drastically increase efficiency while creating more sound programs.
Teamwork has been a large part of my computer science degree at Worcester State. I plan on continuing to sharpen my skills as both an individual and a teammate as I progress through my career both academically and professionally.
From the blog CS@Worcester – DPCS Blog by Daniel Parker and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.