Looking for a Mentor - Moved from an IT position to Quality Manager position

[MonikaG]

Hi,
I am new at Quality job. I have moved from an IT job to a Quality Manager position. That is a challenge, which I'd like to meet in a successful way. I have a lot to learn - I realize this. I'll start my training in Oktober.
I've looked around at the Elsmar and realized how competent and how engaged people are in sharing their knowledge.
I am dreaming of finding a mentor, who'd be patient enough to be my sounding board. The one who I can discuss things with on more detailed level. The one who has wisdom from both life and quality field.
Yes, mentorship requires time, I know that. It is not little I am asking for but it is worth a try
If anyone feels attracted by the idea - please respond.

Looking forward to your responses/suggestion

Kind regards,
Monika G

 

[jaimezepeda]

Welcome to The Cove Monika

I too moved from an IT background to Quality. I was pretty lost at first. Once I did get some formal training and found The Cove things started falling in place. I too lacked a mentor but was able to gather much wisdom here at The Cove.

I learn something new every time I visit The Cove. I hope you will as well.

Maybe if you provide a brief summary of your job responsibilities it would make it easier for Cove members to determine how they can help out.

Jaime

 

[Ajit Basrur]

Hi,
I am new at Quality job. I have moved from an IT job to a Quality Manager position. That is a challenge, which I'd like to meet in a successful way. I have a lot to learn - I realize this. I'll start my training in Oktober.

Looking forward to your responses/suggestion

Kind regards,
Monika G

Hi Monika,

Welcome to the Cove. This is a great site for "online" learning. If you tell us the type of industry in which you are working as a Quality Manager, I would be able to help you.

 

[MonikaG]

Hello again,

of course I should describe my business with a few words. Sorry...
My company is counted as a little one (100 employees). We are working mainly with engineering - we develop and sell complex systems. Development of electronical equipment and programming of those devices is what we do. We put them together in a large systems. Our core operation is project based. We don't manufacture ourselves - we contract subsuppliers for that.

There are a lot of wise engineers in the company - do you know what it means?...there are a lot of individul driving forces...difficult to agree on things.

There are a lot of good ideas in the air - iplementing them is not always our strong side.

What more should I say - I am impressed of what we do, but I believe we can and must do it better to be competitive in the future.

Kind regards,
MonikaG

 

[Randy]

Monika, here is who you need to contact here in the Cove...Claes Gefvenberg

Claes lives and works in Sweden, oh did I mention that he is Swedish?

 

[Peter Fraser]

Hi,
I am new at Quality job. I have moved from an IT job to a Quality Manager position. That is a challenge, which I'd like to meet in a successful way. I have a lot to learn - I realize this. I'll start my training in Oktober.
I've looked around at the Elsmar and realized how competent and how engaged people are in sharing their knowledge.
I am dreaming of finding a mentor, who'd be patient enough to be my sounding board. The one who I can discuss things with on more detailed level. The one who has wisdom from both life and quality field.
Yes, mentorship requires time, I know that. It is not little I am asking for but it is worth a try
If anyone feels attracted by the idea - please respond.

Looking forward to your responses/suggestion

Kind regards,
Monika G

Monika

If your IT background is in systems analysis and design, then you are ideally placed to identify, define and help to manage your business processes, which lies at the heart of current "quality" thinking.

If it is in programming, then the "process" view should be understandable (what are we trying to achieve / what are the options / what might go wrong etc?), although perhaps not the idea of a user actually trying to do something useful with the software (some programmers live in a vacuum!).

My own background is 12 years software development, systems design and management (general business applications for a wide range of organisations), then 20+ years IT and business consultancy, including with KPMG in the UK, and now back to running a software company. I don't think of "quality" - it is far better to focus on what the organisation is trying to achieve, and how to manage it. I'll be happy to give you any feedback - but don't expect the "traditional" view of quality...