Happy new year everyone. But do you realize that the high severity bug and the workaround in the new year?
Here's the Requirement --- That the people of the world have a time period that they can gather together to celebrate the completion of 1 full cycle of the earth around the sun.
Expected Behavior - That the sun completes 1 full rotation around the earth at 12 PM on Dec 31.
Actual Behavior --- It takes some more time for the sun to complete 1 cycle; that's why we have the leap year.
End result --- All of us accept this bug; we have changed our lifestyle to have the leap year so that we have a life around this bug; and life does not stop, it goes on.
Most high severity bugs are like this; but what we fail to realize is that there's a workaround every bug. You just need to tamper around the design to make the bug extra-special (like Feb 29) and change life. Not every bug needs fixing; they just need workarounds.
But don't get misguided by me; most often, this would be a failed argument when you have vice-presidents and directors on the other side of the table.
And my Lesson Learnt --- Every bug has a workaround; it depends on how you try to make it sellable as a special feature so that the world accepts the workaround. Else, you better fix it :)!!! Happy new year and happy "testing times" to all of you in 2012!!!
Here's the Requirement --- That the people of the world have a time period that they can gather together to celebrate the completion of 1 full cycle of the earth around the sun.
Expected Behavior - That the sun completes 1 full rotation around the earth at 12 PM on Dec 31.
Actual Behavior --- It takes some more time for the sun to complete 1 cycle; that's why we have the leap year.
End result --- All of us accept this bug; we have changed our lifestyle to have the leap year so that we have a life around this bug; and life does not stop, it goes on.
Most high severity bugs are like this; but what we fail to realize is that there's a workaround every bug. You just need to tamper around the design to make the bug extra-special (like Feb 29) and change life. Not every bug needs fixing; they just need workarounds.
But don't get misguided by me; most often, this would be a failed argument when you have vice-presidents and directors on the other side of the table.
And my Lesson Learnt --- Every bug has a workaround; it depends on how you try to make it sellable as a special feature so that the world accepts the workaround. Else, you better fix it :)!!! Happy new year and happy "testing times" to all of you in 2012!!!