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# Celebrate your wins in software testing
- URL: https://www.annemariecharrett.com/celebrate-your-wins-in-software-testing/
- Published: 2008-06-10T14:24:58.000Z
- Updated: 2021-06-17T02:08:24.000Z
- Author: Anne-Marie Charrett
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Too often software testers are the bearers of bad news:  
“There is a major defect that will stop us rolling out to production on time”

“We have to increase the budget to ensure that the system is properly tested”

The more I roll software testing concepts to companies, the more I’ve realised the importance of celebrating your wins.

**If you don’t who else will?**

Small wins are just as important as big ones. I don’t wait for a software testing process to have all the bells and whistles of metrics before I start shouting about the great benefits that testing has provided.

For example; I was rolling out a software testing process that was new to the client. At every meeting (in particular the senior ones), I declared:

“In addition to completing the system testing, we found seven existing production defects”

I wanted people to know that we have good testers in their company, and also that they were providing a good service.

As testers I think we need to be smarter about how we promote our services.