Training for Testing
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From http://methodsandtools.com (in February)
Meaning that testing is not given the priority it deserves. One of the main reasons that projects fail is Inadequate Testing. Remember my Article What To Do When Your IT Project Is Late, Over Budget, and Looks Like It’s Never Going To Work? Right there is is standing:
I wrote that article in 2003. Think anything has changed since then
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From http://methodsandtools.com (in February)
Our last poll question was: How many weeks of training on software testing have you completed in your professional life?
None 43% Less than one week 19% One week (5 days) 7% One to two weeks 7% Two weeks to one month 6% More than one month 18%
Number of participants: 240
Meaning that testing is not given the priority it deserves. One of the main reasons that projects fail is Inadequate Testing. Remember my Article What To Do When Your IT Project Is Late, Over Budget, and Looks Like It’s Never Going To Work? Right there is is standing:
4. Experience and studies show that testing is almost always pushed to the end of the development cycle. Since the development is usually bad, the testers run out of time. The result? Running over schedule and over budget. Not to mention the release of an inadequate product.
SOLUTION: Remember problem #1? Ditto! Yes, you have to make it to market before your competition. But if you make it to market and your product is filled with bugs, what do you get? A pile of returns and complaints, and a bad reputation. Test all the way through the process, and you’ll save a lot of time in the end.
SOLUTION: Remember problem #1? Ditto! Yes, you have to make it to market before your competition. But if you make it to market and your product is filled with bugs, what do you get? A pile of returns and complaints, and a bad reputation. Test all the way through the process, and you’ll save a lot of time in the end.
I wrote that article in 2003. Think anything has changed since then 
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