Comment Comment by Morendil I'm a big fan of TDD, but I quit reading this article the second my eyes came across "IBM System Sciences Institute" and the chart that accompanies it.This is by now one of the most thoroughly debunked memes in our profession. I wrote a couple chapters about it: http://leanpub.com/leprechauns . I wrote a handy little guide for people to know just how much BS was involved in any one citation: https://plus.google.com/+LaurentBossavit/posts/aNKut1QV8pTIf that wasn't enough, there is now an actual negative research result on the so-called defect cost increase: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1609.04886.pdfIt should be quite clear by now that this type of argument doesn't do TDD any favors, it taints it by association with intellectual dishonesty. parent Morendil 9 years ago
This is by now one of the most thoroughly debunked memes in our profession. I wrote a couple chapters about it: http://leanpub.com/leprechauns . I wrote a handy little guide for people to know just how much BS was involved in any one citation: https://plus.google.com/+LaurentBossavit/posts/aNKut1QV8pT
If that wasn't enough, there is now an actual negative research result on the so-called defect cost increase: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1609.04886.pdf
It should be quite clear by now that this type of argument doesn't do TDD any favors, it taints it by association with intellectual dishonesty.