I really, really hate re-writing other people’s craptacular test procedures.
When you have a general test procedure but also have a requirements documentation that goes over and above the generalized, industry-standard requirements, wouldn’t it behoove you to bounce your procedure against said documentation? I would think so.
Unfortunately, [vendor's name deleted so I don't get my ass sued] didn’t seem to think so, which leaves me to do the thinking for them.
Something about that attitude really bothers me.
This morning, when Ed and I were walking back to our office from a meeting that left me absolutely flabbergasted, said, “You know what’s really scary? I look at some of the dumb things that we do around here to shoot ourselves in the foot, and then I look at some of our vendors and competitors and realize that, unbelievably, we’re one of the better outfits around.” I replied, “I know what you mean. I don’t know about you, but that keeps me up at night.”
Our tax dollars at work, ladies and gentlemen…