Of course, you’re right. Prevention is always better than inspection and rework. But it also states an impasse (if this is also an english term, but you’re Dutch, so you probably understand what I mean). Too much prevention will slow down to a point where prevention will undermine progress within the project. In my point of view, there’s only one possibility: more prototyping and short lines to the end users. When it comes to testing, the only real important part is the acceptance test by the end users, for two reasons: first the users will test if the software checks with their demands, second, the users will have the sheer feeling that they matter.

What’s your thought on this? And have you ever encoutered a project where testing didn’t add value to the product?

Regards and thanks for the post!

Douwe Pieter