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The simple answer is that product managers are not asking for quality. They're asking for cards/stories to be completed. "Quality" has been redefined as "meets
by turnsout 2y ago
The simple answer is that product managers are not asking for quality. They're asking for cards/stories to be completed. "Quality" has been redefined as "meets requirements" or "passes UAT." Actual quality is just not in anyone's KPIs or OKRs.
That's why it's way easier for indie developers to deliver high-quality software—their incentives are directly aligned with the user.
- RandomThoughts3 2y agoNote that passes UAT could actually be nearly enough if UAT are properly written, your merge rules are strict enough and you do a minimum of complementary testing on release. The issue is that the people writing the UAT generally have no incentive to write good UAT. They want to ship. They don't want to get code blocked because it doesn't meet requirements. Amusingly and to get back to the core of the discussion, AI is generally pretty good at helping write good UAT.