I do think its getting better. A client I've worked with for over 8 years has suddenly allowed me to introduce TDD and Agile practices into development. We're having some growing pains but I believe that after this project we'll be able to deliver a much more stable project. (though I have no illusions that there will be no bugs). We also have a much bigger QA staff, that's expected to be involved for the life of the project. <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Ms. Nancy Wichmann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nan_wich@bellsouth.net">nan_wich@bellsouth.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>I find that most web site owners, especially the smaller ones, think that building a web site is a one time event. as most people on this list know, it is not. Humans don't develop interpersonal skills all at once, why should a web site? Communicating with customers is an evolving process. I don't think I even need to mention maintenance to Drupal consultants.</span></div>
<div><br><span></span></div><div><span>And it always amazes me that web site owners think that the best person to test is the one that never heard of them before and will be gone in a few weeks or months. They know their needs and their customers; they should be the ones to make sure their site works as desired. An adequate User Acceptance Test and formal sign-off needs to be in the contract whether you provided it or they
did.<br></span></div><div> </div><div><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" color="#ff007f" size="4"><i><strong>Nancy</strong></i></font></div> <div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.</font></div>
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<font face="Arial" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Shai Gluskin</font><div class="im"><div><br><div>I'm continually amazed about how many web sites are broken. Just two examples I've noted recently. Frigidaire's product registration tool is broken. They are a huge company selling a gazillion of pieces. Another one: Amex has a dedicated site
where you can look up worldwide which ATMs accept their pre-paid cards. In Haifa there were about 40 sites when I checked; that seemed right. The site noted that AMEX is part of the Bank Hapoalim ATM network in Israel. I checked for Tel Aviv; the site returned "0" ATMs. I then went to Bank Hapoalim's web site and found they have over 50 branches in the Tel Aviv area, all with ATMs. Amex' web properties are typically very good, but not in this case.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I work with very small clients. I think I provide great value for them. I'm leveraging Drupal's great power. I do warn them, though maybe not loudly enough, that although I test the sites I deliver, there is no way that I can test them thoroughly enough given the power of the functionalities typically installed and the number of variables in the wild. When they discover something that is broken I'm very fast at fixing it... but I can't, as part of a planned testing regime -- given their budgets --, catch everything in advance.</div>
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