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Do you test your applications using real, live users?

Survey period: 20 May 2013 to 27 May 2013

Do you test against actual users, or rely on those closest to the product? "Real user" means someone who would use your product day-to-day and who wasn't involved in any aspect of development (other than testing)

OptionVotes% 
Yes, we test against real users45242.40
We sometimes test against real users28827.02
We rarely test against real users14513.60
We never test against real users. All testing is done in-house.18116.98



 
GeneralDammed right we do Pin
Mycroft Holmes20-May-13 0:50
professionalMycroft Holmes20-May-13 0:50 
GeneralSort of... Pin
Sander Rossel20-May-13 0:15
professionalSander Rossel20-May-13 0:15 
GeneralYes, but... Pin
Johnny J.20-May-13 0:07
professionalJohnny J.20-May-13 0:07 
GeneralMissed the rollout plan Pin
John Oxley20-May-13 0:05
John Oxley20-May-13 0:05 
GeneralEvery way possible Pin
R. Erasmus19-May-13 23:32
R. Erasmus19-May-13 23:32 
GeneralReal User PinPopular
Amol_B19-May-13 20:59
professionalAmol_B19-May-13 20:59 
GeneralRe: Real User Pin
567890123419-May-13 22:35
567890123419-May-13 22:35 
GeneralRe: Real User Pin
Keith Barrow19-May-13 23:14
professionalKeith Barrow19-May-13 23:14 
Amol_B wrote:
sometimes we need Real User who very less IQ,since

Ignoring the obvious, nice way to describe those who generously pay our wages.
“Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities - that's training or instruction - but is rather making visible what is hidden as a seed”
“One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated”


Sir Thomas More (1478 – 1535)

GeneralRe: Real User Pin
Johnny J.20-May-13 0:08
professionalJohnny J.20-May-13 0:08 

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