On 12/16/2010 5:22 PM, Jack Ring wrote:
On Dec 16, 2010, at 12:43 AM, Matthew West wrote:
Matthew,
Thank you for this.
It is an eloquent description of why software, after 40 years
of Software Engineering, is still the lousiest artifact ever
devised by mankind.
A simple lack of belief in and dedication to Zero
Defects(tm).
Jack,
Zero defects is about producing *the same thing* repeatedly and
getting the same result ... i.e. Manufacturing. In software system
development, almost nothing is ever produced more than once so let's
not compare producing bolts with producing ERP systems. I agree that
as Larry Johnson is fond of saying, 'Scientists stand on each others
shoulders, and software engineers stand on each others toes' so vast
improvements can be made - but that still doesn't mean Zero defects
as in the Mfg industry makes sense wrt software engineering.
Cheers,
David
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