skills - intro

Written by Erkan Yilmaz

Tuesday, 10 October 2006

Testing has finally been recognized over the years as a professional discipline (see history of testing). To have success organizations need competent, qualified, trained, skilled people. People have more competences/expertise than qualifications 1- and only when the competences are developed and utilized, they are transformed into qualification. Competence is here understood as an important attribute of the personality which are all skills, know-how and line of reasoning, which someone acquires and activates in her/his life. 1 2 Qualification builds the connection between 2: the individual (and her/his competences) + job (tools and supplies for work and tasks to be done). The next page lists skills which are discussed and valued by some authors. I would be happy, if you also take part in this - see in the forum on this matter. You can tell me your subjective (actually is there objective possible?) assessment on the different skills, e.g. how is the relationship between skills in software testing in comparison to other areas or skills? what skills are needed for certain testing methods and how can a tester gain these skills? what skill is necessary for a tester to detect anomalies, which happen occasionally and how can (s)he obtain this skill? topic source competence, qualification 1 Reick, C., Kastner, M. (2003): Arbeitsanforderungen gesund bewältigen: Das Kompetenzportfolio Neuer Selbständiger. In: Kastner, M. (Hrsg.) (2003): Neue Selbständigkeit in Organisationen. (S.185-216). Rainer Hampp Verlag, München, Mering. page 192-194 2 Faulstich, P. (1998): Strategien der betrieblichen Weiterbildung : Kompetenz und Organisation. (Vahlens Handbücher der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften). Verlag Franz Vahlen GmbH, München. page 78-81

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