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- From: terryr@kurango.cit.gu.edu.au (Terry Rout)
- Subject: Re: Debugging the process
- Message-ID: <C0q4IF.1sx@kurango.cit.gu.edu.au>
- Organization: Griffith University.
- References: <1992Dec30.185928.367@cs.rit.edu> <1992Dec31.112259.1@bigez> <1993Jan2.191524.27916@beaver.cs.washington.edu> <1993Jan4.092037.1@bigez>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 04:30:14 GMT
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- dmmatt@bigez (Mike Mattix) writes:
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- > Let's put the shoe back on the other foot. What major improvement in the
- >implementation of computers has occured within the last 20 years due to
- >software management (i.e. methodologies, etc). Before denouncing me as a
- >heretic how about some proof that I am in error. (Those who know me will tell
- >you that I often am..)
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-
- For starters, let's take the work reported by Mike Fagan (IBM) on the use
- of Software Inspections - very low-tech stuff this, basically four people
- sitting arpound a table. In the latter of his two articles on the issue
- (Fagan, M.E., "Advances in Software Inspections", IEEE Trans. Software Eng., Vol
- SE-12, No 7, July 1989, pp 744-751) he reports reductions of 25% in project
- schedule and 35% in project cost resulting from use of inspections. And in
- case you think this is just IBM talk, similar results have been reported by
- others - see Ackerman, A.F., Buchwald, L.S., and Lewski, F.H., "Software
- Inspections: An
- Effective Verification Process", IEEE Software, Vol 6, No 3, May 1989, pp 31-36. for a summary.
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- I'm sure this is not the only example, either; read Fred Brooks' article,
- "No Silver Bullet" for a more detailed discussion.
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- Terry Rout
- Software Quality Institute
- Griffith University
- Queensland Australia
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- terryr@cit.gu.edu.au
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