Top Document: comp.software.testing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Previous Document: 18. Where can I find sample test plans? Next Document: 20. Conferences See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Reported tester:developer ratios range from 10:1 to 1:10. Jeremy L. Mordkoff writes: > There's no simple answer. It depends on so many things, I can't even > list them all. Amount of reused code, number and type of interfaces, > platform, quality goals, etc. > > It also can depend on the development model. The more specs, the less > testers. The roles can play a big part also. Does QA own beta? > Do you include process auditors or planning activities? Boris Beizer adds: > These figures can all vary very widely depending on how you define > "tester" and "developer". In some organizations, a "tester" is anyone > who happens to be testing software at the time -- such as their own. In > other organizations, a "tester" is only a member of an independent test > group. > > It is far, far, better to ask about the test labor content than it is > to ask about the tester/developer ratio. The test labor content, across > most applications is generally accepted as 50%, when people do honest > accounting. For life-critical software, this can go up to 80%. User Contributions:Top Document: comp.software.testing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Previous Document: 18. Where can I find sample test plans? Next Document: 20. Conferences Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: raymond.rivest@crim.ca (Raymond Rivest)
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