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Automated Tests as Waste vs. Needed
“How do you reconcile the lean view that tests are waste with the need for tests in software development?” Mary’s immediate response: “Unit tests are what let you stop the line.”
Dottie Acton, Foreword to Leading Lean Software Development: Results Are Not the Point by Mary and Tom Poppendieck
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Automated Tests as Waste vs. Needed
Dottie Acton, Foreword, Leading Lean Software Development: Results Are Not the Point, by Mary and Tom Poppendieck“How do you reconcile the lean view that tests are waste with the need for tests in software development?” Mary’s immediate response: “Unit tests are what let you stop the line.”
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Automated Tests as Waste vs. Needed
Dottie Acton, Foreword, Leading Lean Software Development: Results Are Not the Point, by Mary and Tom Poppendieck“How do you reconcile the lean view that tests are waste with the need for tests in software development?” Mary’s immediate response: “Unit tests are what let you stop the line.”
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Automated Tests as Waste vs. Needed
I was a relative newbie to both agile and lean when I first met Mary and Tom Poppendieck at an Agile Conference in Salt Lake City in 2003, so of course I started our conversation with the question that had been bothering me: “How do you reconcile the lean view that tests are waste with the need for tests in software development?” Mary’s immediate response: “Unit tests are what let you stop the line.” Dottie Acton, Foreword to Leading Lean Software Development: Results Are Not the […]https://kerrick.blog/posts/2025/automated-tests-as-waste-vs-needed/
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Automated Tests as Waste vs. Needed
“How do you reconcile the lean view that tests are waste with the need for tests in software development?” Mary’s immediate response: “Unit tests are what let you stop the line.”
Dottie Acton, Foreword to Leading Lean Software Development: Results Are Not the Point by Mary and Tom Poppendieck