I agree completely: testing is fun.
But it can also be a real pain in the "behind".

Yesterday, tests for one of my projects have started. The first scneario's were executed, defects were logged, meetings were held, ... Business as usual. My team was working very hard at finding the most important defects first.

And then, this morning... Nothing works anymore.
The reason: an unplanned deployment of another application. No one was aware, nor informed. Multiple projects are blocked. ETA for a fix: tonight at the earliest.

On a total test time of 27 days, this means a delay of 4%. This is huge!
In a perfect world, we should demand 4% more testing time, or a decrease of 4% of the features. Then agian, this in Belgium, not Utopia. We face a strickt deployment deadline, so shifting the release is not an option. And with regards to shipping with fewer options: all analysis and development has already been done. This counts for the majority of the total cost, and thus something extra is expected from the testers. Do the impossible. Work your magic.

Maybe CTG 2.0 should not be about projects and/or solutions. It's about magic.