Comments on: Cargo Cult Testing (testing as ritual rather than science) http://www.myloadtest.com/cargo-cult-testing/ Performance Testing with a LoadRunner focus Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:31:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ben Simo http://www.myloadtest.com/cargo-cult-testing/#comment-7909 Ben Simo Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:34:46 +0000 http://www.myloadtest.com/?p=94#comment-7909 <i> testers are more interested in whether the test cases and LoadRunner scripts still run successfully, rather than whether the test cases reflect reality </i> Bingo! I keep hearing that pre-documented repeatable process is more important than adapting to change. :( testers are more interested in whether the test cases and LoadRunner scripts still run successfully, rather than whether the test cases reflect reality

Bingo! I keep hearing that pre-documented repeatable process is more important than adapting to change. :(

]]> By: Stuart Moncrieff http://www.myloadtest.com/cargo-cult-testing/#comment-6592 Stuart Moncrieff Tue, 15 May 2007 01:26:36 +0000 http://www.myloadtest.com/?p=94#comment-6592 A couple of points * you see "cargo-cult testing" in the early stages too, not just the maintenance phase. Ever seen a performance tester plan to run a series of test cases without asking "are these relevant to what I am testing?" * also, the main constraint to testing during the maintenance phase of an application is that there is not much budget. It is easy to ask for money when you are initially developing software, but much harder to ask for money for testing when the application has been in Prod for a while. A couple of points
* you see “cargo-cult testing” in the early stages too, not just the maintenance phase. Ever seen a performance tester plan to run a series of test cases without asking “are these relevant to what I am testing?”
* also, the main constraint to testing during the maintenance phase of an application is that there is not much budget. It is easy to ask for money when you are initially developing software, but much harder to ask for money for testing when the application has been in Prod for a while.

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