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  2. From: jb7m+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jon C. R. Bennett)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
  4. Subject: Re: Will we keep ignoring this productivity issue?
  5. Message-ID: <of0gsdS00WD5QOk0t4@andrew.cmu.edu>
  6. Date: 12 Nov 92 21:35:37 GMT
  7. References: <1992Nov11.055130@eklektix.com>
  8.     <1992Nov12.185131.14394@cbnewse.cb.att.com>
  9. Organization: Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
  10. Lines: 15
  11. In-Reply-To: <1992Nov12.185131.14394@cbnewse.cb.att.com>
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  13.  
  14. cga66@cbnewse.cb.att.com (patrick.v.kauffold) writes:
  15. > Since the translation of detailed designs into code is taking only
  16. > a small (10-20%) of total effort, and is declining, this issue will
  17. > be less and less important.  However, we will have to deal with the
  18. > individual differences in designers, since this is where improvements
  19. > will have to be made if we are to see any real improvements in
  20. > productivity.
  21.  
  22. while true this understates the problem, ok so implermentation take
  23. 10-20%, but what about unit testing and system integration? most
  24. importantly what about maintenence? maintaining bad code is where the
  25. money goes.
  26.  
  27. jon
  28.