Software Testing – Is it a cost or an Investment for Stakeholders ?
Software Testing is considered as a Cost for some Stakeholders & an Investment for others in their context of operation. It’s good to know the status in your context. I had this query in LinkedIn Answers & thought of sharing the good discussion to my blog readers.
Do you consider Software Testing as an Investment or a Cost in your Context ?
September 24, 2007 at 11:30 pm
If the production schedule is followed, software testing is an investment. Releasing a product that has not been tested will make a direct impact on the brand integrity.
September 25, 2007 at 9:24 pm
As per Sissigma Concept Software Testing is a Non value added services to client.
September 26, 2007 at 11:55 am
Hi Venkat, you raise a very important point here. I went back to the responses on linkedin and found that the dialogue there unanimously says that testing has to be perceived as an investment.
The other realization has been that testers are only as good as the development teams are. My experience suggests that if a good tester works on a project with average programmers, his likelihood of failure is higher. While I have also seen average testers doing qualitative releases of project with good programmers. So, while testing is an investment we make, we should also try to mimimize it by implementing good design and having developers also accountable for unit level and basic testing.
September 26, 2007 at 12:21 pm
[...] September 26, 2007 Software Testing – Cost or Investment? Posted by Tanmay under Project Management , Quality Processes , Software Testing There is an interesting thread going on over at LinkedIn Answers where Venkat asks whether testing is a cost or an investment. [...]
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August 4, 2008 at 1:14 pm
hi, I am graduate from Australian university in Information Systems management. I want to make career in IT as i am not comfident in software development.
Is software is right choice? Which books help me to learn software testing from home? Thanks