quality is job one...right after schedule

[cyeh]

You'd think after all of this time, people would learn how to do software development properly. But no. The longer I work in the industry, the more I am convinced that every company has to fall into the same stupid traps that every other company falls into. I'm not surprised by anything that the industry can toss me

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[jwz]

"Quality is job 1.1a."

"We are absolutely committed to shipping the highest quality product possible on March 31st."

[johnreen]

Reminds me of a movie I saw [again] this weekend: "Getting them there safely is a very close second to getting them there on time."

This has been a problem I've been trying to deal with "as an adult."

I haven't come up with any good solutions, and it's been uhh... "difficult."

[inoah]

I think you've misunderstood. Management cares very much about quality. In particular, they care that overemphasis on quality does not impact the schedule.