> When I've worked for organizations without QA teams, I introduce the concept of "sniff tests". This is a short (typically 1 hour) test session where anybody in the company / department is encouraged to come and bash on the new feature.
We call those bug-bashes where we work, and they're also typically very productive in terms of defects discovered!
It's especially useful since during development of small features, it's usually just us programmers testing stuff out, which may not actually reflect how the end users will use our software.
We call those bug-bashes where we work, and they're also typically very productive in terms of defects discovered!
It's especially useful since during development of small features, it's usually just us programmers testing stuff out, which may not actually reflect how the end users will use our software.