Would W. Edwards Deming have a QA team if he ran a software company? For those of you who don't yet know where all this Agile stuff REALLY got started, here's some homework. reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming . The entire nation of Japan might be justified in thinking he's a pretty important guy. When I came across that article and it immediately forced me to question how any company that chooses to claim Agile development practices can have a QA team. My world was rocked just a little. Fascinating bit of history there, isn't it? If you're cheating and haven't yet read that article while simultaneously not yet knowing the man, his philosophies on Quality, and are simply reading my blog post further, you're cheating. Seriously go read it. I'll wait. For a quick summary, here are some important points to Deming's methodology: Quality is everyone's responsibility Eliminate quality control Encourage quality over
The adventures of a QA myrmidon in a still untested world.