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The Quality Engineering Way To Bulletproof Decisions

QE Unit
4 min readFeb 15, 2022

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The best chess players are several moves ahead.

Their strength is not to have anticipated a specific scenario out of the 10120 possible ones. They acted with flexibility depending on the scenarios and their probability.

Our organizations need this same level of performance in a dynamic ecosystem where adaptability is necessary for survival.

Setting priorities in a software context is hard with limited resources and little visibility.

This article shares three methodologies you can use for decision making to reach and sustain Quality at Speed.

These methods are part of the Methods pillar of the Quality Engineering framework, MAMOS: Methods, Architecture, Management, Organization, Skills.

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The need to understand, identify, and anticipate scenarios

Acting in an uncertain ecosystem requires more than courage. You have to deliver value with maximum flexibility and minimum risks.

Using your instinct or picking the first scenario is far too risky for decisions involving commitment, risk and uncertainty.

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