Comments on: A Challenge of Consultancy http://qahatesyou.com/wordpress/2008/12/a-challenge-of-consultancy/ You suspected it. Now you know it. Tue, 15 May 2012 21:22:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The Director http://qahatesyou.com/wordpress/2008/12/a-challenge-of-consultancy/comment-page-1/#comment-111 The Director Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:54:27 +0000 http://qahatesyou.com/wordpress/2008/12/10/a-challenge-of-consultancy/#comment-111 I use ergo because that sets up the joke that the opposite is <i>ogre</i> where a conclusion does not follow the premise. As for O'Brien, he is a developer or one of those higher-order manager types, so he's satirizing higher-order consultants. QA budgets don't tend to have enough budget for testing, much less unlimited. I spend a lot of time trying to choose which things to leave out rather than thinking up ways to pad hours. In most cases, I'm painfully conscious of the potential risks left unexamined and the tests and scenarios not explored. I use ergo because that sets up the joke that the opposite is ogre where a conclusion does not follow the premise.

As for O’Brien, he is a developer or one of those higher-order manager types, so he’s satirizing higher-order consultants.

QA budgets don’t tend to have enough budget for testing, much less unlimited. I spend a lot of time trying to choose which things to leave out rather than thinking up ways to pad hours. In most cases, I’m painfully conscious of the potential risks left unexamined and the tests and scenarios not explored.

]]> By: blrincker http://qahatesyou.com/wordpress/2008/12/a-challenge-of-consultancy/comment-page-1/#comment-110 blrincker Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:28:32 +0000 http://qahatesyou.com/wordpress/2008/12/10/a-challenge-of-consultancy/#comment-110 There's that "ergo" word again. Why can't we just say "therefore" rather than reverting to Latin? I think it is so that us pheasants think you're smarter than us. (that was a purposeful mispelling) OK - to you point, I have NEVER seen a QA Freelancer with an unlimited budget on their testing. There is always a bucket'ed number of hours. He must be talking more about those Dev guys. There’s that “ergo” word again. Why can’t we just say “therefore” rather than reverting to Latin? I think it is so that us pheasants think you’re smarter than us. (that was a purposeful mispelling)

OK – to you point, I have NEVER seen a QA Freelancer with an unlimited budget on their testing. There is always a bucket’ed number of hours. He must be talking more about those Dev guys.

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