XP Tester's Bill of Rights
from Testing Extreme Programming by Lisa Crispin and Tip House (Addison-Wesley, 2002)



  • You have the right to bring up issues related to quality and process at any time.
  • You have the right to ask questions of customers and programmers and receive timely answers.
  • You have the right to ask for and receive help from anyone on the project teasm, including programmers, managers and customers.
  • You have the right to make and update your own estimates for your own tasks and have these included in estimates for stories.
  • You have the right to the tools you need to do your job in a timely manner.
  • You have the right to expect your project team, not just yourself, to be responsible for quality.