Category: Metrics

Quantitative vs Qualitative Reporting (Part 2)

In my last post, I talked about how I presented a set of individual quantitative reports to some management figures to illustrate how they could be misleading and why it was necessary to understand the story behind the numbers rather than simply place value on the numbers themselves. After I had led them successfully up…

Quantitative vs Qualitative Reporting (Part 1)

I used to work in structured environments for many years where in the field of (test) reporting, numbers were definitely king. The upper echelons of the management team demanded a quantitative style report and that’s what I delivered. I had suggested that an alternative style of reporting would be beneficial so that they could actually…

One Line Change

In my experience over the years, I’ve heard one phrase consistently used by developers across different organisations in order to try and mitigate risk associated with any one or more deliverables due for test team. These particular deliverables tend to be for specific issues such as a critical bug that needs to be addressed in…