The 5 stages of the Developer Tester Relationship

THE 5 STAGES OF THE DEVELOPER- TESTER RELATIONSHIP I. Denial 2. Annoyance 3. Acceptance 4. Dependence 5. Withdrawal "We don't need testing, we are shipping fine without it thanks." "The pointy-haired boss has just hired some external testing "I suppose they aren't leaving anytime soon are they ?" "Oh my god, what do you mean you don't have any "I am at one with my testing brothers and sisters" testers?" consultants." or "It Works on my Machine" Some managers don't believe a developer who says that they are "99% done", and there is "Just one last bug." Watch for developers "These automated tests People realise this new trend of specialist testers may actually catch on, it isn't just a passing fad. to verify that my changes have not broken anything Change jobs and return to stage I who take offence when their god-like development skills are revealed as capable of causing bugs just like everybody else are cool." "Hey, did new guy is suggesting that we should hire some you hear, the "I may even raise a bug myself." "These annoying testers are forcing me to do extra work like daily builds, smoke testing and tracking bugs." testers. What do we need testers "Without unit tests, I feel for?" dirty." (C) 2010 BRUCE MCLEOD www.TEKNOLOGIKA.COM