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The Quality Quandary

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Originally Published Friday, March 27, 2009
I often find discussions about quality to be hypothetical, and in fact unless you define your specific context the word itself is nebulous, vague, or simply meaningless philosophical psycho-babble. For a while now, I previously posted my opposition to the simplistic notion that quality is value to some person. [...]

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Customer Expectations

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Originally Published Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Last October after presenting a keynote at the Conquest software testing conference I was invited to speak at an internal quality conference at SAP. At first it may seem a bit odd because Microsoft and SAP do compete within one market segment; however we also do collaborative work on other [...]

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Quality Is Not Value!

Friday, November 13, 2009

Originally Published Monday, July 16, 2007
I previously blogged about quality and value, but after giving it more thought I determined that quality and value are indirectly related, but quality is not value!
I define testing as any activity designed to evaluate an attribute or capability of a program in order to determine its’ ability to meet [...]

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Testing is NOT Responsible for Quality!

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Originally Published Wednesday, April 04, 2007
The value of testing is important and critical to the success of many projects. However, testing is NOT solely responsible for the quality of a project!
When we discuss the role of testing and quality in our internal training we emphasize the primary objectives of the tester as providing information and [...]

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A Tester’s Perspective on Quality vs. Value

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Originally Published Sunday, February 18, 2007
Quality is a mysterious thing. It seems difficult to articulate definitively, but it is relatively apparent when it’s lacking. The term quality has different meanings to different people, and even the dictionary defines the word broadly. But, ‘quality’ is integral to the discipline of software testing, so at some point [...]

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