A Framing For Test Status

September 26, 2020

We have a hard time communicating out the status of testing work in our org. It seems like we have two options: testing is either in progress (because a developer pushed code) or done.

I proposed a different way to break up these statuses:

Not Started
Figuring Out What Needs Done
I Know What To Do
I’m Doing It
Done

A developer recently taught me the concept of working “uphill” or “downhill” which conveys the same idea. In progress can mean many different things. I think decomposing “IN PROGRESS” to three separate states will alleviate frustration across our teams.