1. Bonding Over BUGS.
- Author
-
Kelly, Michael
- Subjects
- *
COMPUTER software development , *COMPUTER software , *COMPUTER systems , *ELECTRONIC systems , *COMPUTER industry , *ELECTRONIC industries , *HIGH technology industries - Abstract
Software developers and testers are guided by different motives, pressures and perspectives. Developers are motivated to complete code quickly and accurately and move on to the next problem. Testers are required to quickly find and report problems within the system. In the course of a project, the more defects testers find and submit to developers, the less time developers have to work on them, and communication may break down. Members of the project team commonly start to rely on entering short descriptions and comments into a defect-tracking system as a means of communication. In this article, the author provides some techniques that can improve communication between testers and developers and help them in fixing problems faster. INSET: Face TO Face.
- Published
- 2005