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- From: jerbil@ultra.com (Joseph Beckenbach {Adapter Software Release Engr})
- Subject: Re: Will we keep ignoring this productivity issue?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.205130.13951@ultra.com>
- Organization: Ultra Network Technologies
- References: <17556@mindlink.bc.ca> <1992Nov18.114414.9296@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 20:51:30 GMT
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- In his article, Gerry_Furseth@mindlink.bc.ca (Gerry Furseth) writes:
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- > Aphorism: If you can't write a testing plan from your design, the resulting
- > code will be unreliable.
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- Ideally you're refining the test plan while doing the design; start
- writing test plan while you're still analyzing the domain and distilling the
- specifications.
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- > Collorary: If you write and execute a testing plan for all your designs, you
- > are not working in software.
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- Beg pardon? Each design has a test plan, otherwise you don't know
- whether you've written what you intended to write. Unless, of course, you
- INTEND to write buggy software that doesn't quite solve the problems.
-
- Joseph Beckenbach
- Test Group, Ultra Network Technologies
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- Joseph Beckenbach jerbil@ultra.com 408-922-0600 x246
- (speaking from, but not for, Ultra Network Technologies)
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