RE: More genteel than "Sanity Checked"

Subject: RE: More genteel than "Sanity Checked"
From: Kevin McLauchlan <kmclauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>
To: 'John Posada' <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>, Kevin McLauchlan <kmclauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>, "'techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 12:33:20 -0400

Thanks for replying.
What I had actually been using before was "Engineering tested only" -
meaning that the particular feature, or non-standard application, or
not-formally-supported configuration, had been tested by the people who
developed it or integrated it, and not necessarily by our formal test crew.

The term "Sanity tested" occurred on an in-house test report, which
customers normally don't see unless they specifically ask. A European
customer complained, after seeing something with that phrase.

It was clarified for them, but a conversation ensued. It turns out that we
have shifted our departments around and renamed them in the last year or so,

and now "Engineering Tested" means that it HAS gone through the full test
suites, just prior to final QA (the group that was formerly called "Product
Verification" is now called "Eng Test", go figure). Thus I was looking for
another phrasing to convey "a quick look, and we're quite confident, and
we'll back it up, but no we haven't given this specific config/feature the
'Full Monty'"... yeah, I know I can't say 'Full Monty' either... :-)

'Smoke test' is recognized as a hardware check, while our product is at
least half software. Also the limited testing that a late-requested feature
or platform combo might get is a bit more involved than plugging it in to
see if it turns itself into acrid air-borne particles and a smudge on the
bench.

One suggestion, here, was "Alpha tested", but that was shot down. When we
give out a pre-release for a partner customer to alpha test, we end up
beating the crap out of it before we give it to them, _especially_ the
feature(s) in which they are most interested.

Keep those cards and letters coming!

Kevin

John Posada [mailto:jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com]

> Personally, I wouldn't change it, it is known to mean something
> specific. However, mauybe "smoke test"?
>
>
> --- Kevin McLauchlan <kmclauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> wrote:
>
> > Anybody got any suggestions for a more politically-correct phrase
> > than "Sanity checked" or "Sanity tested"?
>
>
> John Posada
> Senior Technical Writer
>
> "They say everyone needs goals. Mine is to live forever.
> So far, so good."

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