Developer Testing: Building Quality into Software

Foreword by Lisa Crispin

The subtitle says it all—“Building Quality into Software.” We’ve always known that we can’t test quality in by testing after coding is “done.” Quality has to be baked in. To do that, the entire delivery team, including developers, has to start building each feature by thinking about how to test it. In successful teams, every team member has an agile testing mind-set. They work with the delivery and customer teams to understand what the customers need to be successful. They focus on preventing, rather than finding, defects. They find the simplest solutions that provide the right value.

In my experience, even teams with experienced professional testers need developers who understand testing. They need to be able to talk ...