From the course: Software Testing: Exploratory Testing
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Quality and value
From the course: Software Testing: Exploratory Testing
Quality and value
- [Instructor] Why do companies pay people to do testing? It's a question that's worth thinking about when we're doing exploratory testing, because it helps us understand what quality is and why it matters. Quality is one of those terms that is tricky to define and think about. The classic definition in the software testing world is Jerry Weinberg's definition that, "Quality is value to some person." But what does that really mean and what impact does that have on your boots on the ground work as a tester? I think it all plays into 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? Because that helps to achieve the mission of the…
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