Heroic acts are always optional. This talk covers some of the implications of heroism for software quality assurance processes. This talk presents a device I used at Aurigin Systems, Inc. to explain test cycle status to management and development. It's based, in turn, on earlier incarnations I developed at Borland. I have since introduced this method to several other companies, and seen variations of it in use in still other places.
Dashboards are a widespread tool in project management.
What I present here is a particular formulation of a testing dashboard that meets a particular set of needs. A practical technique, such as a dashboard is shaped in response to a variety of forces. Here's a puzzle for you. I don't think so. As a field, we're still in our early teens.