Chapter 6. Questioning Quality

It’s no secret that compromised quality was a regular feature of traditional waterfall software projects, primarily due to the highly risky practice of all-in-one integration and testing at the very end. Although Scrum’s focus on iterative and incremental development alleviates significant risk, the reality is that we will never be able to totally eliminate every defect.

The following three shortcuts step you through both preemptive measures and remedial actions to help deal with those pesky bugs.

Shortcut 16: Bah! Scrum Bug! lays out a selection of new definitions, principles, and processes to assist in managing defects during sprints. Shortcut 17: We Still Love the Testers! considers the new roles that a tester ...

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