From: Patricia Ferdinandi (sbdipat@home.com)
Date: Tue Feb 08 2000 - 10:01:53 EST
I agree with Merlin. You also might want to check out the work of John
Zachman that compares developing software to building a house. It defines
the stages from owner perception to the construction workers. It also
talks about different focuses between say, plumber and electricians. All
are needed to build a quality house.
www.zifa.com
Pat
sbdipat@home.com
www.sbdi-consulting.com
At 04:55 PM 2/6/00 +1100, you wrote:
>
> > I disagree slightly with some of Merlin's sentiment. I have about 10 years
> > experience in traditional QA (nuclear power industry, ISO 9000,
> construction
> > lab work, etc.) and I'm currently pursuing a Master's in Software
> > Engineering to make the transition in to high tech. What I hear in most of
> > my classes, and on the job to a lesser extent, is that the tried and true
> > methods that have been developed over decades of manufacturing work can't
> > possibly apply to SWE problems because SW is "different." ...
>
>
> I have probably mangled the quote to some extent, but Fred Brooks
>said that software, in more ways than not-software people like to
>admit, is different from other specialties, but in more ways than
>software people like to admit, it is like other specialties.
>
>--
>Merlin Dorfman dorfman@computer.org
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