Test-Driven Development: Some Hard Numbers

Mark Leighton Fisher on 2009-07-02T16:23:33

Realizing quality improvement through test driven development: results and experiences of four industrial teams analyzes the TDD experiences of 4 teams at IBM and Microsoft. Nothing surprising here to those who have already experimented with test-driven development (pre-release defect density decrease of 40%-90% combined with a 15–35% increase in initial development time), but it is good to have some hard numbers on TDD rather than relying solely on anecdotes and hearsay.


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Phred on 2009-07-02T20:43:04

Do you have a mirror link?


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RE: mirror link

Mark Leighton Fisher on 2009-07-17T16:45:30

Sorry, but I don't have a mirror link. As of 2009-07-17 12:44 EST, the link was up (which may not help you at all...)