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Riding the critical path

Riding the critical path

From the course: Software Testing: Planning Tests for Mobile

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Riding the critical path

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- One of the worst aspects of quality testing is that people often see you as a roadblock. Nobody wants a poor quality product, but in most development environments everyone is driving toward release. This means that every time a product begins its quality stages, everyone on the team holds their breath. The reality is, they do shoot the messenger. And now you're the messenger. Even the best developed mobile apps can have problems, and it's not realistic to let people think otherwise. You need to know that the quality team isn't the villain in a company. However, many people let stress get the best of them, and when new issues are discovered there may be some finger pointing. The timeline with interdependencies taking a product step-by-step from concept to release, is called the critical path. These are the tasks and processes that are absolutely necessary to accomplish to get a product release, and one can't happen…

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