Comments on: uTest Gets $1.7M for Crowd-Sourced Quality Assurance http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:30:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: » Do You Recognize Today’s (tomorrow’s) Affiliate Marketer? - John Andrews - johnon.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1983009 » Do You Recognize Today’s (tomorrow’s) Affiliate Marketer? - John Andrews - johnon.com Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:05:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1983009 [...] modern monetization effort you may not recognize as affiliate marketing. Take a look at utest.com, currently promoted on TechCrunch and other places as a new startup applying crowd sourcing to the problem of software [...] [...] modern monetization effort you may not recognize as affiliate marketing. Take a look at utest.com, currently promoted on TechCrunch and other places as a new startup applying crowd sourcing to the problem of software [...]

]]> By: Utest: Bug Marketplace « Nataniel. Notas sobre as TIC http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1982984 Utest: Bug Marketplace « Nataniel. Notas sobre as TIC Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:57:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1982984 [...] uma empresa veio terceirizar serviços de segurança em software. Quem descobrir um bug, basta estar ligado ao marketplace da utest e ganhar com isso. [...] [...] uma empresa veio terceirizar serviços de segurança em software. Quem descobrir um bug, basta estar ligado ao marketplace da utest e ganhar com isso. [...]

]]> By: uTest Now Open for Business: Get Paid to Find Software Bugs : http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1982771 uTest Now Open for Business: Get Paid to Find Software Bugs : Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:21:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1982771 [...] It’s open bug hunting season over at uTest which is rolling out its QA marketplace and community. [...] [...] It’s open bug hunting season over at uTest which is rolling out its QA marketplace and community. [...]

]]> By: uTest Now Open for Business: Get Paid to Find Software Bugs http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1982762 uTest Now Open for Business: Get Paid to Find Software Bugs Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:01:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1982762 [...] It’s open bug hunting season over at uTest which is rolling out its QA marketplace and community. [...] [...] It’s open bug hunting season over at uTest which is rolling out its QA marketplace and community. [...]

]]> By: Karel Soupal http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1921086 Karel Soupal Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:57:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1921086 I have also written a review of how do I see the service ... <a href="http://ework.cz/utestcom-review" rel="nofollow">here</a> I have also written a review of how do I see the service … here

]]> By: Karel Soupal http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1921080 Karel Soupal Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:55:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1921080 I have also written a review of how do I see the service ... <a>here</a> I have also written a review of how do I see the service … here

]]> By: Karel Soupal http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1879257 Karel Soupal Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:14:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1879257 I have mixed feelings about this and I basically agree with Lucas (#23) and #5 but also with Mayank (#26) ... only time will show ... In the meantime you can consider using our Software Testing services ... http://ework.cz I have mixed feelings about this and I basically agree with Lucas (#23) and #5 but also with Mayank (#26) … only time will show … In the meantime you can consider using our Software Testing services … http://ework.cz

]]> By: Mayank http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1869780 Mayank Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:27:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1869780 We have been doing software QA for some product companies in the US -- however, we do it the "old fashioned" and as some people like to call it -- the "unsexy" way. We read specification, write test plan documents, do strict regression tests, test coverage for each new builds etc etc. uTest looks like it is aimed at software vendors not willing to invest in creating a quality product. The use case seems to be the following: a) Think of a product b) Write some code c) Hope it will work -- oops! it does not d) Get it QA-ed (uTest, tryBeta!) e) Fix or patch bugs that get discovered -- ones that don't lie along to bite the customers later I think this is not the way Software QA and Software Engineering ought to be. For a serious QA team -- please visit http://www.atishae.net/. We will help you deliver a better product, faster! We have been doing software QA for some product companies in the US — however, we do it the “old fashioned” and as some people like to call it — the “unsexy” way. We read specification, write test plan documents, do strict regression tests, test coverage for each new builds etc etc.

uTest looks like it is aimed at software vendors not willing to invest in creating a quality product. The use case seems to be the following:
a) Think of a product
b) Write some code
c) Hope it will work — oops! it does not
d) Get it QA-ed (uTest, tryBeta!)
e) Fix or patch bugs that get discovered — ones that don’t lie along to bite the customers later

I think this is not the way Software QA and Software Engineering ought to be.

For a serious QA team — please visit http://www.atishae.net/. We will help you deliver a better product, faster!

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1856797 Jeremy Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:52:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1856797 This is very similar to: http://www.trybeta.com/home/ Which I have been using for a while. This is very similar to:

http://www.trybeta.com/home/

Which I have been using for a while.

]]> By: Steve http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1856289 Steve Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:58:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1856289 They had better be careful: it sounds like a breeding ground for an insane number of dupe, no-repro, & poorly written bugs. The bug triage process can be fairly high-touch even without this problem. They had better be careful: it sounds like a breeding ground for an insane number of dupe, no-repro, & poorly written bugs. The bug triage process can be fairly high-touch even without this problem.

]]> By: Lucas http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1855511 Lucas Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:05:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1855511 It is a new approach and should be considered. Not sure about how NDA can be handled in some cases. Now, is typo considered a bug? :) http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/5074/utesttypoho8.png How much this would be worth? It is a new approach and should be considered. Not sure about how NDA can be handled in some cases.

Now, is typo considered a bug? :)
http://img232.imageshack.us/im.....ypoho8.png
How much this would be worth?

]]> By: e. david zotter http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1855409 e. david zotter Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:21:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1855409 This is an absolutely fantastic idea. I will definately try it out on multiple projects when it is released - if anything, just to see how well it works! I'm glad to see that social sites are being built for things other than just advertising....or building worthless virtual networks of friends. ....This has real potential. This is an absolutely fantastic idea.

I will definately try it out on multiple projects when it is released - if anything, just to see how well it works!

I’m glad to see that social sites are being built for things other than just advertising….or building worthless virtual networks of friends.

….This has real potential.

]]> By: micfo.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1855060 micfo.com Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:39:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1855060 Most of the big corporate have their own QA and usability testing unit, I hope it is proposed for small scale software development companies and freelancers. Most of the big corporate have their own QA and usability testing unit, I hope it is proposed for small scale software development companies and freelancers.

]]> By: Mark http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1854440 Mark Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:26:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1854440 "There are droves of potential testers in countries such as India, China, Russia, Bulgaria, Estonia, etc. " I understand India, China, Russia and Bulgaria included in the list...but why Estonia? I am myself originally from Estonia, but I would not count on our country as a resource pool. Atleast not anymore after companies like Skype and Playtech are consuming most of the professionals. There is a huge lack of specialists for internal market. I would be surprised if it would be possible to outsource even 1000 tester a year from whole country... Mark “There are droves of potential testers in countries such as India, China, Russia, Bulgaria, Estonia, etc. ”

I understand India, China, Russia and Bulgaria included in the list…but why Estonia? I am myself originally from Estonia, but I would not count on our country as a resource pool. Atleast not anymore after companies like Skype and Playtech are consuming most of the professionals. There is a huge lack of specialists for internal market. I would be surprised if it would be possible to outsource even 1000 tester a year from whole country…

Mark

]]> By: MikeW http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1854416 MikeW Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:17:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1854416 FogBugs should be FogBugz FogBugs should be FogBugz

]]> By: Joe http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1854388 Joe Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:54:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1854388 Who is Roi Carthy? Nothing about him on the Techcrunch about page. Who is Roi Carthy? Nothing about him on the Techcrunch about page.

]]> By: Fabian Schonholz http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1854387 Fabian Schonholz Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:54:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1854387 I think this is a great idea. Especially for UAT. I think this is a great idea. Especially for UAT.

]]> By: steve http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1854276 steve Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:32:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1854276 @10 do you know if Roi has a current or past business relationship with any of the uTest people? If so, not disclosing it would be a conflict of interest so large it would make the annoying posties look ethical. Roi, please clarify. @10 do you know if Roi has a current or past business relationship with any of the uTest people? If so, not disclosing it would be a conflict of interest so large it would make the annoying posties look ethical.

Roi, please clarify.

]]> By: TheDuhMoment http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1854218 TheDuhMoment Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:30:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1854218 Just when I thought software quality assurance couldn't get worse... The dead pool awaits. Seriously, if your hired QA is bad... Just when I thought software quality assurance couldn’t get worse… The dead pool awaits. Seriously, if your hired QA is bad…

]]> By: Kevin http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1854116 Kevin Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:11:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1854116 Doh! They need to have some QA done on their site! See the pyramid at the bottom of http://www.utest.com/solutions.html - two typos in it! And this techcrunch article mentions usability testing, but their site does not. Does techcrunch have inside info? Or is that an error? Doh! They need to have some QA done on their site! See the pyramid at the bottom of http://www.utest.com/solutions.html - two typos in it!

And this techcrunch article mentions usability testing, but their site does not. Does techcrunch have inside info? Or is that an error?

]]> By: Ballmer http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1853843 Ballmer Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:13:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1853843 No it should be called Us-Test! fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com No it should be called Us-Test!
fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

]]> By: Alex http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1853805 Alex Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:57:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1853805 Shouldn't it be called weTest? Shouldn’t it be called weTest?

]]> By: Elbert http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1853712 Elbert Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:12:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1853712 Can't Amazon's Mechanical Turk do the same thing already?? Can’t Amazon’s Mechanical Turk do the same thing already??

]]> By: Roi Cathy is a product launch consultant! http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1853710 Roi Cathy is a product launch consultant! Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:11:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1853710 This article looks like a copy of a Press Release. Is it PayPerPost or just mates club? But who is Roi Cathy, anyway? He is a PRODUCT LAUNCH CONSULTANT. He will get you exposure if you pay him. That's just too low for TechCrunch given your stance on PayPerPost. This article looks like a copy of a Press Release. Is it PayPerPost or just mates club?
But who is Roi Cathy, anyway? He is a PRODUCT LAUNCH CONSULTANT. He will get you exposure if you pay him. That’s just too low for TechCrunch given your stance on PayPerPost.

]]> By: uTest Gets $1.7M for Crowd-Sourced Quality Assurance  »TechAddress http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1853654 uTest Gets $1.7M for Crowd-Sourced Quality Assurance  »TechAddress Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:30:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1853654 [...] Source:Techcrunch Boston-based uTest has raised $1.7M to bring to market a crowd-sourced quality assurance (QA) marketplace and community. The service has begun recruiting testers in anticipation of its official launch, expected in early 2008. No fuzzy logic here; uTest presents clear and communicable value propositions: For companies in need of QA, uTest is providing an on-demand environment […] Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] Source:Techcrunch Boston-based uTest has raised $1.7M to bring to market a crowd-sourced quality assurance (QA) marketplace and community. The service has begun recruiting testers in anticipation of its official launch, expected in early 2008. No fuzzy logic here; uTest presents clear and communicable value propositions: For companies in need of QA, uTest is providing an on-demand environment […] Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

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