From the course: Software Testing Foundations: Test Strategy
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The balancing act
From the course: Software Testing Foundations: Test Strategy
The balancing act
- [Instructor] One of the biggest quality balancing acts is designing a strategy that leverages the tools, resources, and talent on your team with the limited time and budget you must deliver. On one hand, you'll have a whole suite of people and software executing your test plan, and on the other, you'll have the unpredictable nature of development. It's a tenuous balancing act that has a thousand points for failure. If everything goes as planned, which it rarely does, you'll have achieved something amazing. You'll have taken a product from concept to release, helping ensure it meets its quality goals. However, it's very likely that there may have been a hiccup or two along the way. One of the things that happens to strategies is that they become overly ambitious. Many naive test managers design something that is intended to test everything. However, when they get into testing, the ticking clock and complaining partners…
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