[webproducers] Re: persuading a project manager that formal testing is important???

  • From: "m o r r y" <morry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <webproducers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 10:40:27 -0400

Another convincing arguemet is to ask "Would you rather the client or their
customers discover the problems/bugs or would rather we discover them first
and correct them?"


----- Original Message -----
From: "Christie Mason" <cmason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <webproducers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 6:46 AM
Subject: [webproducers] Re: persuading a project manager that formal testing
is important???


>
> Any chance you could "sneak" it in by rapid prototyping and calling it
> "needs analysis"?
>
> Christie Mason
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "PeterV" <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <webproducers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 3:00 AM
> Subject: [webproducers] Re: persuading a project manager that formal
testing
> is important???
>
>
>
> Hi Tia,
> usually experience is the main factor that makes them see the light. I've
> had the same problem. The reason PM's don't like testing sometimes is that
> it eats into their budget/deadlines. You have to convince them it really
> saves them money/time. The best way I found to explain it is call it "risk
> management". Explain the risk they run by not testing.
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
> At 10:48 PM 6/26/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >hi everyone!
> >
> >i've worked on a number of small commercial software projects where the
> >project managers treated testing as an afterthought.  does anyone know of
a
> >persuasive way to convince a project manager that formal testing is
> >important?
> >
> >tia
>
>
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