The benefits of having Female Testers in Team

This article is not about saying one gender is more intelligent than another

In software industry each gender has equal opportunities when we compare with other industries. We still see less female members in each team. Each gender has their own unique qualities. Having both members in the team will drive the team towards success.

Men and women see the world differently. Hope everybody accepts it :). Women are good in some areas while men are good in some other areas.

Verbal Episodic Memory Tasks

Verbal episodic memory is the personal memory of events, places, times, emotions and context based on language. Women tend to be more adept than men at verbal episodic memory tasks such as remembering words, objects, pictures and other everyday events with descriptive language. These skills permeate the testing lifecycle, whether it is remembering conversations about clarifying requirements or recalling details of a defect found during test execution.Women have the ability to perform well in unit testing, black box testing...etc

Women generally remember more details than men as they need more details to understand. They need more words to understand a context as well as they describe with more words about a context. Men tend to need fewer words to understand a context and they describe a context with few words. This is because women utilize both sides of their brains when paying attention.

Visuospatial Episodic Memory Tasks

Visuospatial episodic memory is the memory of events, places, times, emotions and context based on the relationship of items in those memories to each other. Men tend to be more adept than women at remembering and describing events visuospatially. This is primarily, due to men’s usage of only one brain hemisphere when focusing on events. Men tend to have the advantage when relating one aspect of technology to another. In Testing, we use software to test a software. Men have the ability to perform well in multi-platform testing. 

As we have equal opportunities in this industry we can recruit anybody based on their skills irrespective of gender. It is good to consider the gender-specific skills and utilize them in the team effectively. Of course, this applies to any team.

Source : http://centricconsulting.com/why-you-need-female-testers-on-your-team/