C# Orcas Bug Bash

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Today at work I participated in my first bug bash after being at Microsoft for a little over 18 months. It was a lot of fun though one thing I have noticed was that due to my role in driving the automation there are a lot of things that I have become distant from in the IDE. Today was really a great time for me to sit down and really begin to digest all of the great language features that are coming in Orcas with the release of C# 3.0.

A bug bash is a time set aside for a team (usually a product unit PU) to step back from their everyday work and spend time using the product looking for bugs. The PU will usually break those participating into smaller teams of 3 - 5 people that will then work to find bugs. Each bug found is then rated, ranked and scored. At the end of the day prizes will usually be awarded for the best bugs found and then people have bragging rights around the office for a while.

So what has come out of our bug bash?

  • There were 20 teams total that participated, 42 total individuals (PMs and SDETs from the C# team)
  • As of 10:30 PM PST there had been 288 bugs logged
    • Some will be resolved as by design
    • Some will be duplicates