Jim's View on the world of Testing

Project Managers, Friend? or Foe?

One of the biggest projects we will do this year is being released to Test today.
It has only half the functionality and there are Many known issues/bugs.

So, why has it been released? Despite my begging for it to be held off, the PM has decided that the release to test date was Wednesday this week, as it is already 2 days late, they are going to release it and publish a list of known errors for me to avoid.

I have said that i will not be testing untill the system is complete and ready, lets see how long it is before i get over ruled.

Anyway, i know that PM's a;sp take a lot of abuse from various others that they filter out, so my question stands, are they a friend or Foe?

Signing off

Jim

16:24 - 23 May 2008

sounds familiar
I once had an argument with one who was going to ship as that was the agreed date and anyway, the customer was used to getting buggy s/w from us...

however, try to make them your friend and find out what pressure they are under, has the CEO made a promise to the customer that they will get the program then ?

and then make the PM aware of all the problems that will arise when the customer gets hold of crappy s/w...
philk10 - 16:42 - 23 May 2008

Why not test the part that is ready?
"I have said that i will not be testing untill the system is complete and ready, lets see how long it is before i get over ruled."

Why wouldn't you get started with the portion that is actually ready for testing?
strazzerj - 16:37 - 24 May 2008

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