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QA VILLAIN PERCEPTION & TEAM DYNAMICS

QA isn’t the villain. The real enemy is broken team dynamics.

Some teams default to blaming QA for delays, friction, or “blocking the sprint.” That happens when engineering culture slips into speed-over-sense thinking. When QA raises a red flag, it’s treated like sabotage instead of risk control.

The real issue isn’t QA.
It’s a workflow built on assumptions, incomplete handoffs, and zero alignment across dev, PM, and testers.

The fix is straightforward: clean communication channels, tight acceptance criteria, and a shared model of “done” that doesn’t rewrite itself every three days.

Full breakdown → https://qajourney.net/qa-villain-perception-team-dynamics/

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