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Does not having a dedicated test/QA team affect productivity? How does this correlate with build quality in general? Thanks,
by HenryTheHorse 12y ago
Does not having a dedicated test/QA team affect productivity? How does this correlate with build quality in general?
Thanks,
- champion 12y agoPersonally I've been a fan as it aligns incentives for developers to care deeply about code quality/stability/etc. YMMV if not working on a SaaS product where build/deploy is measured in just a few minutes. We've invested in a mix of both automated testing, of course, and a lot of monitoring/alerting/tracing to detect problems quickly. That can act as a safety net for deploying frequently that problems will be caught early and can be corrected (rollback or fix & roll-forward). I'm a fan of saying we've chosen to optimize for MTTR instead of MTBF.
- HenryTheHorse 12y agoGreat answer. Thanks for the insight.