The Indispensable Test Team

Gaining and Maintaining Value in 2000 and Beyond

The Indispensable Test Team

Summary:

Quite often in the world of software engineering, testers and Quality Assurance (QA) managers find themselves to be the "last hired" and the "first fired." In some IT shops, QA does not exist at all. In spite of this, recent years have brought major breakthroughs in the areas of software testing and quality assurance.

About the author

Terrye Ashby

Mrs. Terrye Ashby is currently Vice President of Quality Assurance (QA) and Testing for Pointe Technology Group, Inc. Mrs. Ashby is responsible for implementing the total quality management program for establishing and managing software testing contracts for Pointe.

Mrs. Ashby joined Pointe Technology two years ago after a 14-year career with Bell Atlantic, a regional Bell operating company. Beginning as a COBOL programmer, MRs. Ashby has been involved in every aspect of software development. Just prior to leaving Bell Atlantic, she established quality improvement processes and managed system, regression and performance test teams for several multi-million dollar telecommunications applications.

Mrs. Ashby holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Tuskegee University where she graduated mangna cum laude. She is also a certified product specialist and certified product instrutor for the Mercury Interactive suite of automated test tools.