So the I am....project board....the PM has advised that we have a problem with out AutoCAD project...we cannot get the new go-quickly pcs through Operational Acceptance Testing....our auto load software cannot get the corporate build of the operating system on the machine. I suggest that its the corporate build.....I am slapped down on the basis that it is obviously everyone elses fault.....the hardware, the auto load software, the test harness, the staff, the procedures......so they start an illogical scheme to fix the problem by trial end error, whilst berating the hardware manufacturer and operating system OEM....at each weekly board I encourage them to abandon their futile and costly scheme and go back to first principles....what was the last version you had that worked....clan you auto load that, can you manually apply the upgrades after that point...but again they know better....PC manufacturer and OS OEM executives are called, then dragged into London...my client decides its all because the mother board and chipset have been replaced in this PC model....attempts to get heard are becoming more difficult....eventually, with 10 pointy heads of various origins and vintages stood around a bench, I table my original hand written note to the PM and technical bods at the first project board... What do the release notes reveal about the latest corporate build of the OS? Check that they have tested it for both manual and auto load processes. Get the test plan, scripts and results. CHECK THEM After a 6 week delay to the project resulting in significant escalation to the senior management team, I read the testing collateral..... Testing abandoned during cycle one following management instruction to deliver results by end of day. Manual load pass, auto load not tested. Test status set as PASS on instruction. Time overrun and additional works valued at £12,000........
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 08:21:28 +0000
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