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It's a good question. i.e. if it takes a year to fix all bugs then why does order matter? The factor he did not mention is that there are unnamed people who s
by andrewstuart 6y ago
It's a good question. i.e. if it takes a year to fix all bugs then why does order matter?
The factor he did not mention is that there are unnamed people who see certain bugs and when they see those bugs, they judge the quality of the software to be poor.
Thus, for human reasons you must fix certain bugs first because it makes certain people feel that the software quality is not poor.
OR because certain bugs prevent the system actually doing what it is meant to do .... thus the bugs that result in the system failing to serve its purpose must be done first.
- rabidrat 6y agoHuman psychology is a thing. If you point a team at a growing pile of bugs that no one has wrapped their head around, then the team will feel demoralized, overwhelmed, and unmotivated. But if someone does wrangle the bug list and produce a plan and strategy for tackling them, then there is hope and mission and maybe you can even get buyin from management for more resources--maybe not headcount, but even just easing the roadmap for a year in pursuit of Quality. The difference between "nobody has gone through this entire list" and "somebody has gone through this entire list" is huge.