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  1. Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!mdisea!brothers
  3. From: brothers@mdd.comm.mot.com (Joseph Brothers)
  4. Subject: Re: What is Software Engineering
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug20.165848.27962@mdd.comm.mot.com>
  6. Sender: news@mdd.comm.mot.com
  7. Organization: Motorola, Mobile Data Division - Seattle, WA
  8. References: <Bsz991.Knr@cmptrc.lonestar.org> <1992Aug17.013339.27319@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au> <1992Aug19.185601.16876@rtsg.mot.com>
  9. Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 16:58:48 GMT
  10. Lines: 32
  11.  
  12. Various netpersons wrote:
  13. >>MECHANICAL ENGINEERING          SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
  14. >>______________________          ____________________
  15. >>   1. Safety                       1. Delivery date
  16. >>   2. Quality                      2. Cost
  17. >>   3. Cost                         3. Use latest "whiz-bang" technique (OO)
  18. >>   4. Delivery date                 ...
  19. >>                                   n. Quality
  20. >>
  21. >Here at my company the list is this:
  22. >
  23. >SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
  24. >--------------------
  25. >1. Delivery Date
  26. >2. Delivery Date
  27. >3. Delivery Date
  28. >4. Cost
  29.  
  30. It took me a while to notice that the one item missing from all these lists is
  31.  
  32.                     Effectiveness.
  33.  
  34. My dictionary defines engineering as "applying scientific knowledge to practical ends".
  35. It's embarassing to me how often I get caught up in irrelevancies while trying
  36. to put what I know to work.  Hmmm, like posting this when I should be reading old
  37. grotty code 8-).
  38.  
  39.  
  40. -- 
  41.             Joseph L. Brothers            
  42. brothers@mdd.comm.mot.com        uunet!mdisea!brothers             
  43.     "I am speaking solely for my self, not my employer."
  44.