I've heard many stories where collaboration between testers and developers wasn't the best, resulting in miscommunication, issues, late discovered bugs, and general frustration. Nevertheless, communication is critical for teams to work effectively and achieve set goals. The article posted on the LambdaTest, written by Praveen Mishra, very neatly described 7 ways which could improve collaboration among testers and developers. I would like to highlight a few of these which I found the most interesting and essential to accomplish any improvements.

Shift-Left Testing

This methodology encourages implementation of testing as early as possible, ideally during the requirement gathering phase. I believe that this strategy could be really beneficial for both developers and testers, as it would allow to create clean and relatively error-free code, nevertheless it is important to realise that not every tester is fully knowledgeable in programming languages, therefore implementation of this methodology would require testers with certain skills. 

Constant Communication

Current job market offers a variety of job opportunities, both office and home based. However, both of them face different challenges with regards to communication and team building. It is possible to find many useful softwares, which allow for easy circulation of information, such as Slack or Trello. It is important that developers and testers are aware that it is their responsibility to keep each other up to date with their developments, and that only through that they can contribute to significant software improvements.

Mutual Effort

It is understandable that in a fast-paced environment a lot of information is missed during daily meetings. However, both teams should put equal effort to understand what is currently in development and what is in testing. This way, testers can prepare for upcoming features, and developers can prioritise urgent fixes over less important tasks.

The implementation of at least two of these rules could visibility contribute to the improvement of the work environment and quality of the product. And in the end, those are the main goals of every business (or at least should be).