>> The fact that you got so far along before anyone noticed that important feature X was missing was what I was reacting to.<<
You are making one huge assumption, no matter what methodology used, many users tend to not test until the very last minute. Often they don't realize it until they cannot do something in production after the release. I have seen this problem in tight iterations under agile approaches, and long iterations like the waterfall methodology. Even with test plans. Sure they say they test, but in reality they are busy using the old software doing the day job, and find testing too time consuming. Sure, all bad reasons and most of it inexcusable, but I have seen this repeated enough over the years to know I don't assume the end users ever test completely. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/014c01cbcd6f$50dac690$f29053b0$@com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
