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Subject: Re: [XP] What about QA?
From: Ron Jeffries <ronjeffries () XProgramming ! com>
Date: 2008-01-31 21:01:24
Message-ID: 87233956.20080131160124 () acm ! org
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Hello, Michael. On Thursday, January 31, 2008, at 11:14:35 AM, you
wrote:
> Getting them involved earlier will probably benefit both sets of testing
> quite a bit, as in this scenario QA is starting from scratch possibly
> months later.
> It's tough to shake their (justifiable, imho) feeling of being generally
> left out of the literature and training. It's something I've seen on
> other teams while I was on the development side as well. The same list
> of "well what about us?" complaints.
There is, of course, the Crispin / ? book on Testing XP ...
Ron Jeffries
www.XProgramming.com
Sometimes you just have to stop holding on with both hands, both
feet, and your tail, to get someplace better. Of course you might
plummet to the earth and die, but probably not:
You were made for this.
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<p>Hello, Michael. On Thursday, January 31, 2008, at 11:14:35 AM, \
you<br> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Getting them involved earlier will probably benefit both sets of testing<br>
> quite a bit, as in this scenario QA is starting from scratch possibly<br>
> months later.<br>
<br>
> It's tough to shake their (justifiable, imho) feeling of being generally<br>
> left out of the literature and training. It's something I've seen on<br>
> other teams while I was on the development side as well. The same list<br>
> of "well what about us?" complaints.<br>
<br>
There is, of course, the Crispin / ? book on Testing XP ...<br>
<br>
Ron Jeffries<br>
www.XProgramming.<wbr>com<br>
Sometimes you just have to stop holding on with both hands, both<br>
feet, and your tail, to get someplace better. Of course you might<br>
plummet to the earth and die, but probably not:<br>
You were made for this.<br>
<br>
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