8Evaluating Effectiveness and Efficiency

Keywords: feature-driven development, test-driven development

8.1Introduction

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As a test manager, I often get questions:

  • Why do you need so much time for testing?
  • When do you start executing tests?
  • Why are you still not done testing?
  • What is the test coverage you’ve achieved?
  • How many defects have you found?
  • What is the severity of the still-open defects?
  • What is the quality of my system?
  • How do you know when to stop testing?
  • When can I release the software into production?
  • How many defects can I actually expect during production?
  • What did you test anyway?

Sound familiar? Answering these types of questions with well-founded, factually based ...

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