short discussion (600 words)

1. Read Roger S. Pressman. Chapter 16: Software Quality Assurance. Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2010, pp. 432-448

Discuss: There is often a disconnect between software developers and QA because developers want to create code quickly, while QA wants them to slow down time-to-market to run tests and check for quality. What are your ideas on how to resolve this?(200 words)

2. Read The Pain Algorithm

Discuss: I'd like you to read this as a cautionary tale of the unexpected outcomes of well-meaning design decisions. While reading this, try to think of two ways these outcomes could have been avoided. (400 words)