Re: Parallel QA

Hello Michael,
 

In line with what Srinivas and Alexander say - I would say that your colleague ought to arrange to take the QA manager to visit as many teams as possible - either within the company or outside and show him half-a-dozen teams - who can demonstrate how they do dev + test within a sprint.   

 Seeing it being done by multiple teams will be what will make him re-consider, IMHO. Everything else may be just pre-disposition, speculation & conjecture on the QA manager's part.
 

 Somehow this quote by Upton Sinclair also comes to mind:  “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
 

 Am curious what happens to/for the QA manager - if dev + qa within a sprint does work?  What part/s of the SCARF model does it upend for him?
 

 Good Luck to your colleague on his quest....... 
 

 With Best Regards
 

 Shyam