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Quality Upfront - Eliminate Defects upfront
Submitted by MKBala on Sun, 23/10/2005 - 21:51. functional testingIf you are a Software Tester in Quality Control area, how many times have you wished that you get a decent code so that you could perform more Functional Testing and not waste 1/4 th to 1/2 of the time fighting basic defects.
Yes, if you think thats a miracle, its really not and my recent experience has proved the results fruitful and repeatable. Going by the SDLC cycle, lot of times Developers are under pressure with their deadline and there is a high probability that the code quality is less than acceptable. I have been in a lot of projects where Quality Control end up Unit testing. Though its for a good cause, thats not the intention. To alleviate this, how about expediting testcase creation and a sub-group in development perform string testing with the testcases that are developed by Quality team. This eliminates duplicate testcase development by the String test team and also ensures more quality upfront.
Yes, if you think thats a miracle, its really not and my recent experience has proved the results fruitful and repeatable. Going by the SDLC cycle, lot of times Developers are under pressure with their deadline and there is a high probability that the code quality is less than acceptable. I have been in a lot of projects where Quality Control end up Unit testing. Though its for a good cause, thats not the intention. To alleviate this, how about expediting testcase creation and a sub-group in development perform string testing with the testcases that are developed by Quality team. This eliminates duplicate testcase development by the String test team and also ensures more quality upfront.
