Jeff Moden (11/12/2013)
From the article:
These days most testing of software is automated.Oddly enough, I believe that's part of the problem with delivered software, today. There's nothing like a human using the software as the ultimate test because that's the ultimate goal. I've also found that, except for certain types of load testing software, most automated software doesn't even consider performance and a lot of people don't set the test software up for "negative path" testing.
I agree. It takes something special to be a good QA person, and most developers (I include myself) don't have it. Also, while the *Unit test frameworks work well for unit tests, they are still unit test. I believe that QA groups are still needed for the larger integration efforts. I haven't read or heard anything about the test matrix for the new healthcare market place, but I can make some guesses about what it looked like prior to the opening, and how much larger it will be in a couple of months.