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Date:	Fri, 2 Jan 2004 11:01:03 PST8
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: QA equals testing, Part One:Detection

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Lynn H. Maxson wrote:
>
> detecting errors requires the creation of test data
> . . .(lotsa stuff). . .
> [The above] should deal effectively with issues
> regarding error detection through exhaustive testing.

Umm, with all due respect, may I suggest there's a bit of tunnel vision
here? Testing is more than looking for code bugs; it is a way to see if
the original specifications, the system analysis, actually accomplishes
the vision?

Version 1.01 cleans up bugs. Version 2 usually has things which were
left out of Version 1 through oversight. Finding those oversights
requires testing. You mention Alpha and Beta versions (and by inference
Release Candidates); these aren't just looking for code bugs, they're
looking for design bugs.

- Peter

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