Testing in the Wild: The Social and Organisational Dimensions of Real World Practice

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dc.contributor.authorRooksby, John
dc.contributor.authorRouncefield, Mark
dc.contributor.authorSommerville, Ian
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-06T13:07:31Z
dc.date.available2020-06-06T13:07:31Z
dc.date.issued40059
dc.description.abstractTesting is a key part of any systems engineering project. There is an extensive literature on testing, but very little that focuses on how testing is carried out in real-world circumstances. This is partly because current practices are often seen as unsophisticated and ineffective. We believe that by investigating and characterising the real-world work of testing we can help question why such ‘bad practices’ occur and how improvements might be made. We also argue that the testing literature is too focused on technological issues when many of the problems, and indeed strengths, have as much do with work and organisation. In this paper we use empirical examples from four systems engineering projects to demonstrate how and in what ways testing is a cooperative activity. In particular we demonstrate the ways in which testing is situated within organisational work and satisfices organisational and marketplace demands.de
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10606-009-9098-7
dc.identifier.pissn1573-7551
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10606-009-9098-7
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/3995
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofComputer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW): Vol. 18
dc.relation.ispartofseriesComputer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
dc.subjectdependability
dc.subjectethnography
dc.subjectethnomethodology
dc.subjectorganisational issues
dc.subjectsoftware development
dc.subjectsystems testing
dc.subjectwork practices
dc.titleTesting in the Wild: The Social and Organisational Dimensions of Real World Practicede
dc.typeText/Journal Article
gi.citation.endPage580
gi.citation.startPage559

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