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What is the most stressful part about software development?   [Edit]

Survey period: 12 May 2003 to 18 May 2003

Some people hate dealing with customers and some break into a cold sweat at deployment time. Which bit do you like least?

OptionVotes% 
Planning and requirements14015.96
Design697.87
Development586.61
Testing and QA17720.18
Sales and Marketing12213.91
Deployment and Integration10511.97
Customer feedback / Helpdesk9610.95
Maintanence and Upgrades11012.54



 
GeneralPlanning with Clients Pin
SRobynParker17-May-03 15:52
SRobynParker17-May-03 15:52 
GeneralRe: Planning with Clients Pin
William Bartholomew17-May-03 21:30
William Bartholomew17-May-03 21:30 
GeneralDocumentation! Pin
Rocky Moore17-May-03 1:59
Rocky Moore17-May-03 1:59 
GeneralEven Worse Pin
Todd Smith14-May-03 11:23
Todd Smith14-May-03 11:23 
GeneralDebugging! Pin
GreyWolfSftwre14-May-03 9:21
GreyWolfSftwre14-May-03 9:21 
GeneralMine is mostly on custom code support.. Pin
Nick Jacobs14-May-03 8:49
Nick Jacobs14-May-03 8:49 
GeneralThe Management Pin
Jon Taylor13-May-03 3:46
Jon Taylor13-May-03 3:46 
GeneralRe: The Management Pin
Zdenek Navratil14-May-03 21:32
Zdenek Navratil14-May-03 21:32 
GeneralRe: The Management Pin
Twofy17-May-03 3:02
Twofy17-May-03 3:02 
GeneralTesting & QA the Loser! Pin
Roger Wright12-May-03 9:45
professionalRoger Wright12-May-03 9:45 
GeneralRe: Testing & QA the Loser! Pin
Gary Wheeler13-May-03 2:19
Gary Wheeler13-May-03 2:19 
If you look at my thread below[^], you'll see that it's not the testing and QA itself that bugs some of us, it's what happens during that phase. I actually kind of like the testing and QA itself. I'm rather proud when my stuff starts behaving robustly and doing what it's supposed to.

Unfortunately, when the product is in the testing and QA phase, the money people think it's 'real', and they can start shipping it. Then they whine when you get support calls for stuff that was shipped early.


Software Zen: delete this;
GeneralInteresting spread so far... Pin
Nitron12-May-03 4:47
Nitron12-May-03 4:47 
GeneralRe: Interesting spread so far... Pin
Jon Newman12-May-03 5:41
Jon Newman12-May-03 5:41 
Generaldefinitly support and Helpdesk... Pin
Olli12-May-03 3:49
Olli12-May-03 3:49 
GeneralRe: definitly support and Helpdesk... Pin
gleizerowicz13-May-03 2:10
gleizerowicz13-May-03 2:10 
GeneralRe: definitly support and Helpdesk... Pin
Olli13-May-03 2:16
Olli13-May-03 2:16 
GeneralTesting and QA Pin
Gary Wheeler12-May-03 2:12
Gary Wheeler12-May-03 2:12 
GeneralRe: Testing and QA Pin
Stan Shannon13-May-03 1:42
Stan Shannon13-May-03 1:42 
GeneralRe: Testing and QA Pin
Gary Wheeler13-May-03 2:05
Gary Wheeler13-May-03 2:05 
GeneralRe: Testing and QA Pin
Robert Little13-May-03 9:52
Robert Little13-May-03 9:52 
GeneralRe: Testing and QA Pin
Tom Mason13-May-03 4:51
Tom Mason13-May-03 4:51 
Generalmaintenance frustrations Pin
Marc Clifton12-May-03 1:30
mvaMarc Clifton12-May-03 1:30 
GeneralRe: maintenance frustrations Pin
Paul Watson12-May-03 7:18
sitebuilderPaul Watson12-May-03 7:18 
GeneralRe: maintenance frustrations Pin
ColinDavies12-May-03 11:12
ColinDavies12-May-03 11:12 
GeneralRe: maintenance frustrations Pin
Marc Clifton13-May-03 10:28
mvaMarc Clifton13-May-03 10:28 

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