His evidence . . . indicates both the Agency and contractor underestimated the migration stage of
the project, with progress further
hindered by extensive software testing
(author??™s italics). Note the unchallenged
allegation that it??™s the
testing
which
hinders
, not the fact that the system doesn??™t work properly. (Source
Contractor
UK
Website).
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9.
Customers are crying out for this release and you testers are holding everything up.
Oh gosh, that??™s terrible.
Well, we??™d better stop testing and release It Immediately. They??™ll never cry out for another one.
10.
Testing makes us look bad.
This sounds so much like the waffle of the brain-dead; you might be
surprised anyone would propose it. It was said by someone (probably) under great pressure and
with little experience (let??™s be nice). If testing makes that person look bad, then what does a bugrich
release do? Thought: is that person about to resign anyway?
11.
Testing doesn??™t add value.
It??™s not there to add value. It??™s there to preserve value, the value that the
development team has put into it.
12.
By the time the testers have found all the bugs, the market will have gone away.
See the story ???If at
First You Don??™t Succeed, Then Bungee Jumping??™s Not for You??? in Chapter 7. If you??™re competing
in a market, this implies you have competitors. Are you relying on them making the same really
crass mistake this argument implies? Markets have this horrid habit of rejecting bad products.
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