Stop29119 - A Tempest in a Teapot ?

It has been a few months now since CAST 2014 which seems to have been the starting point for the “great ISO29119 debate”. But what has actually happened since then ?

• The Stop29119 petition was started and got over 1000 signatures and this was then presented to the ISO-group.
• Numerous blog posts have been written
• Mostly posts against the standard, but a few pro-ISO have appeared
• Debate on Twitter and other media
• Ranging from personal beef to factual discussions
• Local discussions appears to have happened
• Probably quite a few people have bought the standard (me included)
• No information if any company has actually started to implement this

But what now ?

• The debate seems to have abated and things have gone a bit silent.
• No response to the petition, at least to my knowledge
• We are still waiting for the two final chapters of the standard.
• Awaiting to see if any organization will pick this up or not

So was the whole debate a storm in a water glass?

Well in a way it was. Probably because only a small number of people did the open discussions.

In another way it was not. It brought the attention to the general community on what is going on and even if most stayed silent, many local discussions seem to have happened. And the information has been spreading.

Some discussions might have gotten a bit out of hand and might have lost focus, but thats normal when you really stand for something. Then again we are testers and discussing is what we do, and question how things are.

Looking forward to read the last chapters and also to see what will happen both within the community as well as within organizations in regards to the standard