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Wednesday, 4 April 2012

Low priority bugs might cost high

Have you heard any of these?
  • “It is a low priority bug, it is just a matter of Incorrect Text, Icon, Color etc
  • “It is a Usability issue (many think usability issues are of low priority) we can fix it later?”
Now I have a question to the ones who usually make the above statements:
  • Do you buy a new car which has just one hair line scratch on the bonnet? It doesn't stop you from driving the car, though.
Cluster of Low priority bugs (?)
Usability/cosmetic bugs (sorry for the terminology) do not affect the customer from operating the software but a cluster of usability/cosmetic bugs can make the whole product experience awful and can lose the customers.
After all who wants to ride a Ferrari on a highway where there is speed breaker every half a mile? What if I have a luxury and powerful car when the supplement (road) to ride the car is worse (speed breakers)?
In one of the interviews after scoring 100Sachin Tendulkar said  "...... it has made everyone realize, including me, that even after scoring 99 hundreds, it is not easy to score another one ..."