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- To: mullintech@earthlink.net
- Subject: [consulting-tools] Automated Testing
- From: "Robert J. Brown" <rj@eli.elilabs.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 23:41:58 -0600
- Cc: consulting-tools@egroups.com
- References: <199903222315.RAA03396@eli.elilabs.com>
>>>>> "Sam" == mullintech <mullintech@earthlink.net> writes: Sam> I started a small automated testing consulting company about Sam> 2 years ago and am looking to expand this area. I feel that Sam> software testing is becoming more visible and it is becoming Sam> more of a need. Sam> To start this discussion, I was wondering what all of your Sam> thoughts were on this. I agree that it is badly needed, but my experience has been that nobody wants to pay the price at the start of a project to design with test in mind, and nobody wants to pay the price at the end of the development cycle to ram testing into the game plan now that they understand the need. The really frustrating part is that when they start the next project, they will make exactly the same mistake again. :-( The only solution seems to be to sell top management on requiring testing as part of any project plan, and have an SQA group that is not just lip service from people who are not skilled enough to write software themselves, but are experienced professionals who truly understand what make quality software, including testing. I have yet to see this happen anywhere outside the free software community, especially at Cygnus Solutions. -- -------- "And there came a writing to him from Elijah" [2Ch 21:12] -------- R. J. Brown III rj@elilabs.com http://www.elilabs.com/~rj voice 847 543-4060 Elijah Laboratories Inc. 457 Signal Lane, Grayslake IL 60030 fax 847 543-4061 ----- M o d e l i n g t h e M e t h o d s o f t h e M i n d ------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Too much effort to find the stock info you want each day? StockMaster lets you enter a company name and quickly shows you a daily quote, chart, and news all on one page. Free! http://stockmaster.com/?a=f7 eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/consulting-tools Free Web-based e-mail groups by eGroups.com _______________________________________________ New CrossGCC FAQ: http://www.objsw.com/CrossGCC _______________________________________________ To remove yourself from the crossgcc list, send mail to crossgcc-request@cygnus.com with the text 'unsubscribe' (without the quotes) in the body of the message.