[kictanet] Has the ICT Sector Failed?

[Roland Omoresemi]

Can we really blame ICT when the true culprit appears to be the lack of proper testing of the systems in play?

IEBC could have performance tested (both load and stress) their systems to see how they would react under varying loads.

The tools and human resources were right there in Kenya but it is obvious we failed to apply them to help create a different result than what we currently face.

What we are witnessing is a classic case of what happens when we fail to adequately test our applications. Our non-conformance cost skyrockets...IEBC now has to worry about the cost of doing damage control on the biggest stage ever when it could have spent a fraction of the same cost to perform load or stress tests which would have helped them identify issues/bottlenecks in their systems long before now. 

This is also not much different from what some of our local companies do...we deploy critical systems without proper testing and we then pray and hope nothing happens. 

It is saddening that we don't see much value in setting aside adequate time for testing our applications (most especially those that are customer-facing) or we push whatever little testing we do to the very last minute when its practically too late to make any difference...or until the "s..." hits the ceiling and we then start to wonder why any of our issues could be happening.

Could we really blame ICT here or should we be looking closely at our lack of proper software testing?

- Roland
------Original Message------
From: Edith Adera
Sender: kictanet
To: Roland Omoresemi
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: [kictanet] Has the ICT Sector Failed?
Sent: Mar 6, 2013 12:55 AM

Listers,

It is a shame that for the first time in Kenya's history when IT is given a chance to bring credibility and efficiency in the electoral process, ICT has failed SPECTACULARLY!

what went wrong?

Edith
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