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 ?
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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
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October 27, 2009 at 4:28 pm
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November 16, 2009 at 4:56 pm
From my point, I think software testing is an investment because if it is not done the performance of the newly created system is on risk and may create errors. It should be done for every system.
November 19, 2010 at 11:01 am
Hi all,
According to me testing is an investment of cost to reduce the failure cost,to reduce the bugs in application and most important think is that it increases the price value of application in market.
December 16, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Of course testing is investment.but in small scale software development the programmer itself should skilled enough to do basic testing.
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April 7, 2010 at 6:27 pm
With this increasing world of specialization, software testing is surely an investment. Thanks for putting such an interesting topic.
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July 12, 2010 at 12:28 pm
I take software testing as an investment. It is always a good idea to check every single unit of a software by unit testing in order to get rest assured about the working on the Software.
It increases the trust of the users of a particular software.
October 5, 2010 at 5:50 pm
Software testing can be an investment for stakeholders it will enable them to measures the effectiveness of the computer, network or any software application, how stable the application is and how will it affect their business.
November 14, 2010 at 10:12 am
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September 29, 2011 at 4:23 pm
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In my point of view software testing is investment because to minimized the cost of failures. Anyways its nice blog have a good time to read this.good job and keep it up.
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March 20, 2012 at 1:07 pm
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August 1, 2014 at 6:45 pm
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February 18, 2015 at 2:38 pm
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October 1, 2015 at 5:13 pm
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