How Healthcare.gov Changed the Software Testing Conversation 118
An anonymous reader notes an article about how the tribulations of Healthcare.gov brought the idea of software testing into the public consciousness in a more detailed way than ever before. Quoting:
"Suddenly, Americans are sitting at their kitchen tables – in suburbs, in cities, on farms – and talking about quality issues with a website. The average American was given nightly tutorials on load testing and performance bottlenecks when the site first launched, then crumbled moments later. We talked about whether the requirements were well-defined and the project schedule reasonably laid out. We talked about who owns the decision to launch and whether they were keeping appropriate track of milestones and iterations. ... When the media went from talking about the issues in the website to the process used to build the website was when things really got interesting. This is when software testers stepped out of the cube farm behind the coffee station and into the public limelight. Who were these people – and were they incompetent or mistreated? Did the project leaders not allocate enough time for testing? Did they allocate time for testing but not time to react to the testing outcome? Did the testers run inadequate tests? Were there not enough testers? Did they not speak up about the issues? If they did, were they not forceful enough?"
Battleifeld 4 (Score:2, Funny)
These same questions plague Battlefield 4
Re:worst job ever... (Score:4, Funny)
I cannot imagine a worse job than to have worked on that project.. The ratio of "status update" meetings and management pud-pulls to useful work accomplished must have been damn close to infinity..
You haven't worked on my project.
"Average American was given nightly tutorials on (Score:5, Funny)
That's great but how about we teach the average American how to spot Europe on a map first.
Re:Battleifeld 4 (Score:4, Funny)
And not to mention, Battlestar Galactica too. A lot of the needless drama on that show could have been avoided if they had just licensed their testing framework from the Cylons.