On the 24th of February, life in Ukraine changed dramatically, and it hasn't stopped. Projects had to be delivered according to release schedules and Business Continuity Plans (BCP) had to be built in parallel with deploying shelters and evacuating teams to safe zones. Despite risk mitigation plans, the war was such a critical factor that the existing hierarchal management structure began to show inefficiency. As two Directors of Software Quality in a company with 14,000 employees in Ukraine, Maryna will share their approach to governance of software quality, release management, and...
Maryna Didkovska
Director, Quality Engineering
EPAM Systems
Maryna Didkovska is a Quality Engineering Director at EPAM Systems. As a Test Manager, Delivery Manager, and Software Automation Engineer, Maryna has managed teams to build scalable testing processes on projects with over 600 participants. She has also developed testing ecosystems at the enterprise level, found solutions to quality architectural challenges, and coached others be experts and leaders in the field. With a PhD in software reliability domain, she leverages her academic background with hands-on work experience in software automation testing and programming to interact with team members and clients all over the globe, while continuously improving software quality and driving digital transformations. Maryna is a regular speaker at technical and management conferences, covering a variety of testing topics. Maryna is passionate about making the quality improvements process transparent and trackable.