That was not an article. It was an advertisement. Logic of advertising is distinct from normal everyday logic.
GP is making a point based on experience that maps well to my experience. Your entire team is committed to quality, and this includes stakeholders which express their commitment by treating Q/A as a first-class element of a product development process. Ideal setup imho requires a somewhat adversarial -- think Red Queen in genetic algos -- relationship between devs and q/a; and that the Q/A team and product team do -not- have the same manager.
Treat Q/A as 'internal affairs' in a police department. A fundamental necessity as developers also have a 'code of silence' regarding software misdeeds.
tldr;/ remember: even a lousy underwear gets to be inspected by Q/A.
>tldr;/ remember: even a lousy underwear gets to be inspected by Q/A.
And remember, if your QA group are dropping like flies because they can't in good conscience condone signing off on the output of a lousy underwear assembly line, that too is strong signal.
That was not an article. It was an advertisement. Logic of advertising is distinct from normal everyday logic.
GP is making a point based on experience that maps well to my experience. Your entire team is committed to quality, and this includes stakeholders which express their commitment by treating Q/A as a first-class element of a product development process. Ideal setup imho requires a somewhat adversarial -- think Red Queen in genetic algos -- relationship between devs and q/a; and that the Q/A team and product team do -not- have the same manager.
Treat Q/A as 'internal affairs' in a police department. A fundamental necessity as developers also have a 'code of silence' regarding software misdeeds.
tldr;/ remember: even a lousy underwear gets to be inspected by Q/A.