Digging a Hole

June 16, 2003 12:56 PM

I just closed one bug... and then as a result of closing it, opened six new bugs. (Well, five real bugs, and one umbrella-bug to link them all to). Ever feel like you're digging a hole, and eventually it'll be too deep to climb out of?

4 Comments

By Stewart Johnson on June 16, 2003 3:16 PM

In the last 6 months we've been tracking the number-of-bugs-opened-per-day, and the total number of bugs (we call them "Problem Reports", not bugs) as a key indicator of whether we're on track to make the next release or not. After a couple of iterations you get a feel for your teams "signature" on these charts, and you can say things like, "we're still finding too many bugs at the moment, we're going to end up delivering late".

By Charles Miller on June 16, 2003 3:30 PM

Ah. That would be one of those "process" things that other projects seem to be allowed to have, but we're not.

By James on June 16, 2003 4:48 PM

When that's happening it doesn't feel like a hole to me. More like a tunnel that will end in - nirvana? (China?).

By Renee on June 20, 2003 2:49 AM

What's a bug?

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