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- From: kambic@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (Bonus, Iniquus, Celer - Delegitus Duo)
- Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
- Subject: Re: SEI Process Maturity Model
- Message-ID: <1992Jul20.145901.8521@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>
- Date: 20 Jul 92 14:59:00 EST
- References: <5299@m1.cs.man.ac.uk>
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- In article <5299@m1.cs.man.ac.uk>, ir@cs.man.ac.uk (Ian Robertson (BCW MSc 89)) writes:
- > --
- > Thank God for Terry's breath of fresh air in this debate.
- > Why are software engineers so introspective?
- >
- > People have been `designing' things for centuries: surely someone has sat
- > down, sucked his/her pencil and wondered about the DESIGN process?
- I think that the word *process* requires emphasis also. If we know about
- improving processes, maybe we can use that knowledge to learn about the design
- process.
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- >
- > If we could crack that one, then we might have a chance of getting a handle
- > on the software engineering process. One thing is certain, as Terry
- > eloquently demonstrated; whatever it is, it is NOT a production process.
- > But factories do have design offices. What goes on in there?
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- I would argue that it can be called a production process, because there are a
- group similar activities (requirements elicitation, design, etc.) that are
- repeated. If they are not subject to improvement, what is?
-
- George Kambic
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