MSF is a fraud? A response

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Published Tuesday, December 07, 2004 2:50 AM by RoyOsherove
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Monday, December 06, 2004 10:08 PM by Darrell

# re: MSF is a fraud? A response

>> Sounds like a lot of work?
No, not really. Most of those steps are quick, and would have to be done either way. The time savings is in running the test to make sure you didn't screw up something that did work! Otherwise most developers just "hope for the best" and check it in. Even the more motivated ones couldn't hope to redo but a few tests, in comparison to average test harnesses with hundreds to thousands of unit tests.
Tuesday, December 07, 2004 5:21 AM by TrackBack

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Tuesday, December 07, 2004 12:17 PM by haacked@yahoo.com (haacked)

# RE: MSF is a fraud? A response

Amen Roy! Seems I'm not the only one who was alarmed by the FUD against unit testing.

http://haacked.com/archive/2004/12/06/1704.aspx

I point out why Unit Tests are valuable beyond just finding bugs...
Tuesday, December 07, 2004 12:18 PM by Haacked

# re: MSF is a fraud? A response

Amen Roy! Seems I'm not the only one who was alarmed by the FUD against unit testing.

http://haacked.com/archive/2004/12/06/1704.aspx

I point out why Unit Tests are valuable beyond just finding bugs...
Tuesday, December 07, 2004 6:05 PM by Udi Dahan - The Software Simplist

# re: MSF is a fraud? A response

Any methodology is better than no methodology (?).
Wednesday, December 08, 2004 11:59 AM by SBC

# re: MSF is a fraud? A response

good point Udi - I think it mainly depends upon the size/complexity of the application. On the other side of having too much methodology - there is a downside of the CMM certifications: when firms achieve Level-5, the opinion is that complacency is introduced as there is little or no motivation to improve or achieve a higher level.
Thursday, December 09, 2004 2:16 AM by TrackBack

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