16 | Test automation
Nobody thought about aligning IT with business requirements or how they would be able to conduct user
acceptance testing when the selected solution required technical know-how and the ability to read code. As a
result, his role has become little more than a glorified call centre operative, going back and forward between IT
g
and th
ree
e users, trying to work out how they came a
d
bout particular defects and keep the project on track.
wrath
of possession denies others, greed and strategy were exposed, warts
is often manifested in various forms and all, under stadium-strength
such as miserliness and unethical floodlights. Needless to say, he lost
business practices; preoccupation his job and without a reference was
with the acquisition and preservation condemned to join the ranks of the
of material things and possessions. dole queue rather than the lofty
The IT manager at RiverStyx Retail heights of the elite that he
had heard about a great job opening. had envisaged!
He coveted the idea of the increased The punishment in Hell will be: to be
seniority, power and responsibility it boiled alive in oil. Avoidance strategy:
would give him, and it was paying a Make solid test plans and stick to
lot more money too. There was just them. Shortcuts will always come
one hitch. He needed to prove success back to bite you.
with some short, quick wins.
Unconcerned about corporate risk or Wrath
the technical debt he would be leaving Intense, fierce anger, rage or fury,
behind, he took numerous shortcuts usually on an epic scale and often
in order to release more applications leading to violence, wrath can be any
in a shorter time-frame, hoping to action carried out in great anger, esp.
be an immediate hero and not be for punishment or vengeance.
around by the time the repercussions You’ve fought for the budget,
were realised. He took that gamble parted with the money, spent two
but missed out on the new role. Of years implementing your whizzy new
course, just like in every moral tale, test automation solution and now
his shortcuts came back to haunt him. you find that rather than freeing
He’d bypassed the database testing up resource and providing a rapid
on their ecommerce application and ROI, you actually need more staff to
the value field for the televisions that maintain all the script changes. It’s
would normally retail for £1000 had enough to make your blood boil! Well,
been input at just £1. that’s the situation the IT director
Unfortunately, because there of 666 Solutions found himself in.
was no defect reporting system in His ensuing hissy fit and bad temper
place, consumer word of mouth made his capable team hand in
acted much faster than the bug- their notices, doubling his pain and
fix, and, by the time the error was guaranteeing him a stomach ulcer
resolved, RiverStyx had sold their to-boot.
entire stock. Five thousand televisions The punishment in Hell will be: to
at a loss of £999 made a significant be dismembered alive. Avoidance
dent in the company’s fortunes and in strategy: Know what you are buying
the ensuing witch hunt that followed, into and do a thorough proof-of-
his bad practices and lack of planning concept.
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