Beta implies "feature complete" On Dec 30, 2009, at 8:59 PM, benzado wrote:
> I've read a lot of advice for figuring out when you're ready to ship. A > related question on which I haven't heard much discussion, is when are you > ready to beta test? > > Should you wait until the product is nearly ready to ship, and task your > testers with stress-testing and looking for little things that you missed? > Or, should you distribute betas as soon as they are usable, to get feedback > on feature designs while it is still early enough to make big changes? > > My fears are, beta too soon, and you'll have a drawn out beta period in which > testers lose interest and wander away. Beta too late, and you might wind up > redesigning features because you didn't get feedback early enough. > > My fears may be unfounded and I suppose it doesn't have to be all or nothing > (small group for early betas, more people for late betas). What have you > learned in your experience? > > -- Ben > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ MacSB email guidelines: http://tinyurl.com/2g55d6 Use MacSB-Talk for off topic messages: http://groups.google.com/group/macsb-talk Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/macsb/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/macsb/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
