Robyn and Matia were discussing how Matia could relieve herself of her work overload while maintaining sufficient insight, standards, and accountability.
“How about handing the projects that Matthew and Kelly are co-piloting completely over to them?” Robyn proposed. ”Right now they keep you informed so you shouldn’t have to worry about them running amok. We can work on communicating what type of information you need, how frequently and the boundaries between their decision-making authority and yours.”
Matia nodded and it seemed like she sat up taller and straighter. ”Yes; they’re reliable. I think I need to formally assign some of the testers to each of them. Right now it’s more like two groups that typically work together but I’m the QA Lead and Matthew and Kelly my assistants.
“Also I do have the ability to promote Prakesh to QA Lead. He has most of the needed skills and has assisted Matthew, Kelly, and even me. I think I can restructure my team and form 3 QA cells then divide the projects among them.”
Robyn asked “Have you considered bringing in someone to assist you in managing the group?”
“No. What are you thinking?” Matia asked.
“This is not an immediate need, per se, but even with a well structured group, there’s much for you to administrate on the people side, group side and project side.”
-To be Continued
