Agon Arena — a negotiation and tough-conversation trainer
QA Blocks the Release
Negotiation duel: Release Manager ↔ QA Engineer. A release is due Wednesday for the exhibition. QA found two edge-case bugs and sets a blocker: 'after last time, I won't be the only one blamed'. Development says 'it's an edge case, we'll hotfix it'.
Roles in the duel:
Side A: Release Manager — goal: Make a decision you won't be ashamed of on Friday.
Side B: QA Engineer — goal: Not let a regression slip through that she'll be held accountable for.
Play out a difficult conversation with an AI opponent and get a breakdown from three judges.