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Comment on Ten principles for Agile testers by How test driven development improves delivery of customer requirements « Brian Heys

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 08:19:11 +0000

[...] Over the weekend I was reading through some of the older posts on my blog, and found this interesting one linking to an article by Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory: Ten principles for Agile testers. [...]

Comment on Why test managers need to sell the ROI of software testing by Brian

Brian — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:26:04 +0000

Hi, and thanks for the comment.

I’ve published many articles on software testing online, so chances are you did see some of mine, but the book I can’t take credit for – I assume it’s Rex Black’s book you mention. (This post links to the article on his site.)

Although now you’ve given me an idea for a future project…

Thanks for visiting.

Comment on Why test managers need to sell the ROI of software testing by caschroader

caschroader — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:21:58 +0000

Hello,

I just stumbled across this blog and remembered reading your book “back in the day” (I am no longer in the IT Industry). I wish I could remember more specifics, but I do remember using the book as on ongoing resource and I think I was reading your articles on a QA Process site of sorts.

I also remember having to do a similar analysis of the ROI of manual testing, not testing, and automated testing on quite a few projects during “those days”. I think it continues to make sense to present this kind of information to IT Managers today, even if they finally do “get: the importance of testing and quality assurance practices.

Comment on Limitations of the V-model by Brian

Brian — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:17:54 +0000

Thanks for the comment James, and thanks for the article – it confirmed some of my own suspicions about the V-model’s obvious origins in the Waterfall model.

Comment on Limitations of the V-model by James Christie

James Christie — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:13:11 +0000

Thanks for the mention Brian. Google Analytics told me there was traffic coming in from your blog.

The article appeared in Testing Experience in December 2008. Since I put it on my website it has accounted for 40% of the page views, even though there are 21 pages on the site. That percentage has actually been increasing over the last few months. The search terms used by a lot of the incoming traffic suggests many people are looking for the benefits of the V Model, rather than expecting a criticism.

So I think the article is still relevant. I was recently speaking to a senior manager with a big services company recently who admitted that the V Model, and Waterfall are still popular with many of the clients with whom he deals. The reason is simply that it simplifies procurement and contracts. Quality? Hmmm, that seems to be secondary.