Quality testing overview

According to the late Fred Brooks, the only quality metrics that should be considered, among the myriad of possible metrics, are the measure of productivity based on a system’s operational quality followed by how much the product is effectively used. The cost/benefit ratio and the solution’s effectiveness should justify the amount of time and effort spent on the development of your solution. The focus on quality is a key takeaway. When we read Brooks’s work years ago, the point that most stood out to us was that 40% of a project’s effort will go into maintenance and that includes the iterative testing effort. This effort could increase drastically if a late project were to have many new resources added at the end stage when development delays could no longer be glossed over, resulting in a poor upward facing management report. You will want to make it an important goal to apply methods to reduce defects and the cost of testing your...