May 1 2009
Better to reduce the bugs than to fix them
The idea of testing software reminds me of this very famous old saying “Prevention is better than cure”. The simple reason behind it is the fact that there is always high cost associated in fixing the defects. At a primary level,two things can be thought of (i) either avoid the occurrence of bugs altogether or [...]
Apr 30 2009
How can we reduce regression bugs?
It’s a well known fact that fixing a small bug or adding an enhancement can introduce regression bugs in the application. Most of us would have encountered this situation many a times. This means that there will be multiple QA cycles for a small fix which results in the cost going up. This cost cannot [...]