Testing the Waterhouse

I recently read a blog post about the state of QA in general, and it really opened my eyes to realise that it isn't just in my current company where testing is in a state of anarchy almost, but at least for my own sanity it appears to be in a number of places. The blog in question is here , and it references an article available here . Like the blog, I do not agree with everything in the article, but I will elaborate and discuss the key topics in this blog post. I was going to write a similar blog post, around the state of QA contractors, however, I feel that it can now be coupled together into this blog post. To be honest, first things first, it was a bit of a relief to realise that this is an industry wide problem, and not just isolated to where I am at currently. It is something that I care passionately about, as all too often, I see people hired by companies as QA professionals, but in reality, I have no idea how they can claim to be one. In the blog post, it's ment...