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Mar 13The Six Million Dollar Patch
by in Feature Articles on 2013-04-22QA, UAT, and performance tests passed. John received authorization to promote his first major release to production. He checked in the code, and nothing exciting happened. No cake or streamers fell from the ceiling, but no errors or warnings bleated out at him. None. Given the complexity of the product, John’s success was the IT-world equivalent of winning both showcases on “The Price Is Right”.
John sent out emails to all the relevant stakeholders, and basked in the glow of a major project finally being done. The good feeling lasted for less than half an hour.