Tuesday, February 19, 2008

The Real Purpose of Testing

The real purpose of testing ... is to create information.

James Bach nailed it when he wrote, "The ultimate reason testers exist is to provide information that others on the project use to create things of value."

Reference
Better Software Magazine - July/August 2006
Proving Our Worth - Quantifying the Value of Testing by Lee Copeland, p. 34

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