Re: Advertisement: Software Unit Test Training Class

Linda M wrote:
>
> MST Lab & New Horizons Computer Learning Center
> Offering
> First of its Kind Training in St. Louis BI-State area
>
> Pilot "Software Unit Testing" training program.
>
> New Horizon Training Center
> 2345 Millpark Drive
> St. Louis, MO. 63043
>
> February 4-7, 2002
>
> Enrollment limited to 15 Students
> Enrollment Fee: $1800
>
> Software Unit Test Overview:
> This training program defines and examines the benefits, techniques and
> implementation of unit testing. Mastering the skills and techniques with
> this interactive hand on training class will allow the software engineer to
> define, conduct, and evaluate the benefits of unit tests.
>
> Importance of Unit Testing:
> -- Detecting and eliminating defects during the code development phase
> ensures a higher quality product for release to functional testing. Quality
> on Time demands Quality First: value it, act on it, measure it, and improve
> it. Quality on time involves quality first: value it, act on it, measure it
> and improve it.
>
> $$Savings and Time Savings:
> ? An unpublished IBM rule of thumb for the relative costs to identify
> software defects: during design, 1.5; prior to coding, 1; during coding,
> 1.5; prior to test, 10; during test, 60; in field use, 100.
> ? TRW: The relative times to identify defects: during requirements, 1;
> during design, 3 to 6; during coding 10; in development test, 15 to 40; in
> acceptance test, 30 to 70; during operation, 40 to 1000 [Boehm 81].
> ? JPL: Bush reports an average cost per defect: $90 to $120 in inspections
> and $10,000 in tests [Bush].
>
> Prerequisite: 1 year Development Experience
>
> Registration: MST Lab
> Training Registration
> 314 487-1178
> Email: cbrown_at_mstlab.com
This is scary! What does this say about the industry when software developers need unit testing training? Aren't we supposed to be able to do that already?

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Ron Reidy
Oracle DBA
Reidy Consulting, L.L.C.