Comments on: Productivity and Quality effects of TDD http://marco.hubdirector.com/productivity-and-quality-effects-of-tdd/ Just another blog Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:01:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ABShttp://marco.hubdirector.com/productivity-and-quality-effects-of-tdd/comment-page-1/#comment-128 ABS Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:19:51 +0000 http://blog.hubdirector.com/?p=220#comment-128 Wim, also considering only a single "data point" and not reading the whole article can hardly be called science ;-) It says: "many studies don’t have the statistical power to allow for generalizations. [...] So, we advise readers to consider empirical findings within each study’s context and environment." I find interesting that at different scales of time, people, size, language the majority of the industry studies ended up improving the quality considerably investing only a relatively small amount of additional effort. Wim, also considering only a single “data point” and not reading the whole article can hardly be called science ;-)

It says: “many studies don’t have the statistical power to allow for generalizations. [...] So, we advise readers to consider empirical findings within each study’s context and environment.”

I find interesting that at different scales of time, people, size, language the majority of the industry studies ended up improving the quality considerably investing only a relatively small amount of additional effort.

]]> By: Wimhttp://marco.hubdirector.com/productivity-and-quality-effects-of-tdd/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Wim Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:00:00 +0000 http://blog.hubdirector.com/?p=220#comment-127 Looking at the tables i see very little reason to be happy. "Tried it for 3 hours and did not see a significant improvement" can hardly be called science. Looking at the tables i see very little reason to be happy.

“Tried it for 3 hours and did not see a significant improvement” can hardly be called science.

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