Comments on: Almost a Great Software Test Organization http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/almost-a-great-test-organization/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=almost-a-great-test-organization Getting to On-Time Software Projects Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:43:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: The Busiest Software Test Organization Was Also The Best | Project Management Tools That Workhttp://pmtoolsthatwork.com/almost-a-great-test-organization/comment-page-1/#comment-103 The Busiest Software Test Organization Was Also The Best | Project Management Tools That Work Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:37:29 +0000 http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/?p=481#comment-103 [...] an Almost A Great Software Test Organization, and the Best and Worst Test Organizations. Thank you for bookmarking and sharing these articles [...] [...] an Almost A Great Software Test Organization, and the Best and Worst Test Organizations. Thank you for bookmarking and sharing these articles [...]

]]> By: Bruce Bensonhttp://pmtoolsthatwork.com/almost-a-great-test-organization/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Bruce Benson Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:30:55 +0000 http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/?p=481#comment-102 This test team was actually very good and had some very good people.In one case, one tester went to one of my managers and asked "permission" to enter a minor defect. The reason given was that every tester was expected to submit defects. Not finding and submitting a defect was considered not doing their job. Normally he would not have considered the issue a true defected but he needed to submit something. My manger told him it was OK with her and that she understood why he was doing it. He was much relieved and entered the defect. Most of the testers realized that the Test Director's policy was a bit extreme.They did a good job at whatever they were asked. In this case, the metrics, it was the Test Director that probably didn't fully understand the significance of the information being reported.ThanksBruce This test team was actually very good and had some very good people.

In one case, one tester went to one of my managers and asked “permission” to enter a minor defect. The reason given was that every tester was expected to submit defects. Not finding and submitting a defect was considered not doing their job. Normally he would not have considered the issue a true defected but he needed to submit something. My manger told him it was OK with her and that she understood why he was doing it. He was much relieved and entered the defect. Most of the testers realized that the Test Director’s policy was a bit extreme.

They did a good job at whatever they were asked. In this case, the metrics, it was the Test Director that probably didn’t fully understand the significance of the information being reported.

Thanks

Bruce

]]> By: Project tracking teamhttp://pmtoolsthatwork.com/almost-a-great-test-organization/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Project tracking team Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:55:48 +0000 http://pmtoolsthatwork.com/?p=481#comment-101 The test organization, probably without fully understanding them, had done a good job at reporting them on a regular basis. This is really great. The test organization, probably without fully understanding them, had done a good job at reporting them on a regular basis. This is really great.

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