X-Ray Vision Activated: Your 90-Day Strategy for Quality Heroes of One in 2026
Picture this: You're the brand new quality person. Exciting day one. The team is watching. Leadership expects quick wins. However, you're staring at a codebase you don't understand and a bug backlog from 2 years ago. You are swimming alone in the stream of confusion.
Truth is: As the only QE, you're not just chasing after bugs - you're defining what quality even means. The first 90 days are not about fixing everything. They are about seeing clearly - with an X-ray vision.
In this talk, I’ll walk you through a practical, lightweight approach to establishing a Quality Vision as a solo QE. Drawing from real-world experience leading quality in an agile product team, I’ll share how to quickly understand the current situation, align with the team on what “good” looks like, and build a simple quality strategy that anchors to where the business is heading.
What you'll get from this talk:
- How to assess the team's existing ways of working - without judgement.
- How to introduce Quality principles that guide decisions rather than add process.
- How to build team buy-in through quality advocacy, shared ownership, and curiosity.
- Bonus: How to turn chatGPT into your handy assistant for quality context
Your takeaway: A repeatable playbook for your first 90 days as a quality leader. You'll leave the talk with specific questions to ask, patterns to watch for, and a framework for building a quality vision that your team will actually champion.