Comments on: Incentives for Developers and Testers http://testingjeff.wordpress.com/2007/01/27/incentives-for-developers-and-testers/ Thoughts on the craft of software testing Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:37:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: SeekingLemondade http://testingjeff.wordpress.com/2007/01/27/incentives-for-developers-and-testers/#comment-493 SeekingLemondade Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:46:32 +0000 http://testingjeff.wordpress.com/2007/01/27/incentives-for-developers-and-testers/#comment-493 >>if Bug DBs are used to evaluate employee performance, they will necessarily begin to be gamed…and before long the information that they should provide will be obscured and distorted by folks trying to protect their jobs, to save face with management, or to maximize that next bonus. Couldn't agree more. You may remember back to the days when programmers were paid by the line.... you can guess what happened in those days. >>if Bug DBs are used to evaluate employee performance, they will necessarily begin to be gamed…and before long the information that they should provide will be obscured and distorted by folks trying to protect their jobs, to save face with management, or to maximize that next bonus.

Couldn’t agree more. You may remember back to the days when programmers were paid by the line…. you can guess what happened in those days.

]]> By: übertest » Bug-related incentives to do work http://testingjeff.wordpress.com/2007/01/27/incentives-for-developers-and-testers/#comment-443 übertest » Bug-related incentives to do work Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:12:26 +0000 http://testingjeff.wordpress.com/2007/01/27/incentives-for-developers-and-testers/#comment-443 [...] a squiz at Jeff Fry’s article “Incentives for Developers and Testers“. I found the article from the same comment on the Google Testing Blog that he wrote it in [...] [...] a squiz at Jeff Fry’s article “Incentives for Developers and Testers“. I found the article from the same comment on the Google Testing Blog that he wrote it in [...]

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