An Important thing for testing

To conduct a good testing, we should have the followings
1. A good test plan
2. A series of well-prepared test cases
3. A bug database
and Excel !

Yes, it's Excel. I finally enjoy what Joel said before, Excel is a wonderful companion tool for software development, you can simple draw a simple table to note down your estimations (like how many days estimated and actually spent for finishing a component) or even write your own elegant and complex macro to list a set of statistics.

So, Excel is an important tool, but the most important thing is ... update your local version spreadsheet and check-in before your peers do it (or you many face a CVS conflict).