Lilia Gargouri stands for sustainable, scalable, and efficient quality assurance in complex eGovernment projects. She is committed to accessibility, trains career changers, and passionately advocates for greater visibility and equal opportunities for women in IT. As the inventor of a model-based, low-code test automation tool, she has significantly simplified and accelerated quality assurance in critical eGovernment projects. A member of the German Testing Board, she actively drives the development of industry quality standards
Quality in software development is a team effort—and it starts with how we communicate and understand each other. This talk highlights why effective collaboration depends on mastering several different “languages” within a project: the language of the business domain, the technical language of tools and frameworks, the shared terminology of quality, requirements, and architecture, and the interpersonal skills that enable clear thinking and clear communication.
We will examine why teams can only assure and test the quality they have explicitly defined, and why focusing solely on functional tests overlooks the broader quality characteristics described in ISO 25010. The talk also provides practical guidance for common developer questions such as How do we scale testing? and When is testing good enough?
By strengthening our shared vocabulary and deepening our collective understanding, every team member—developers, DevOps, team leads, and project managers—can contribute meaningfully to the quality of the final product.
