Quality and value

- Why do companies pay people to do testing? … It's a question that it's worth thinking about … because it helps us understand what quality is … and why it matters. … Quality is on of those terms … that is tricky to define and think about. … The classic definition in the softer testing world … is Jerry Weinberg's definition that … quality is value to some person. … But, what does that really mean? … on your boots on the ground work as a tester? … I think, it all plays in the core reason … we have testers at all. … Why do companies pay people to do testing? … Let's follow the train of thinking here. … Why pay testers? … Because, the company wants to have good quality software. … Why do they want good quality software? … Because they want to provide value to their customers. … Why do they want to provide value to the customers? … It helps make money, increase happiness, … change the world, or whatever the reason is … that the company is there. … let's work our way back up … and think about how testing fits into this. …