19 Sep

Assure

Posted by Wade in Word of the Week |

Definitions of “Assure” from Miriam-Webster:

– to make safe – The testers don’t actually do anything that makes the code/products/releases safer. We provide information about potential risks, we point out logical flaws that could cause problems, but the developers are the ones that actually fix those.

– to give confidence to –

– to make sure or certain – This get’s to that perfection idea. I agree that it can’t be reached, so using words that it can be seems off

– to inform positively – This one worries me a bit, because that ‘assurance’ is not based on fact, “I assure you that we can do it”. I would rather provide information and facts that allows decision makers and other team members to make informed decisions.

– to make certain the coming or attainment of – see above

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