To my mind, a good plan is a concise document that says;
- what's going to be done
- who's going to do it
- when and where are they going to do it
- when do we decide the job is done
So why does every company larger than about 3 people insist on using templates for 'test plans' and 'detail test plans' which comprise about 35 pages BEFORE any meaningful content has been added?
Why do we have to fill in all sorts of superfluous crap about methodologies that nobody really uses, standards that no sane person really applies, plus document history, distribution lists, template history, endless references to other documents and so on and so on, thereby meaning that writing and maintaining the 'plan' actually takes longer than making and delivering the bloody product, which is mostly an admin system upon which precisely zero human lives rely?
Is it just a means for some 'consultant' type to maintain the outward show of professionalism while actually producing nothing of value?
- what's going to be done
- who's going to do it
- when and where are they going to do it
- when do we decide the job is done
So why does every company larger than about 3 people insist on using templates for 'test plans' and 'detail test plans' which comprise about 35 pages BEFORE any meaningful content has been added?
Why do we have to fill in all sorts of superfluous crap about methodologies that nobody really uses, standards that no sane person really applies, plus document history, distribution lists, template history, endless references to other documents and so on and so on, thereby meaning that writing and maintaining the 'plan' actually takes longer than making and delivering the bloody product, which is mostly an admin system upon which precisely zero human lives rely?
Is it just a means for some 'consultant' type to maintain the outward show of professionalism while actually producing nothing of value?
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