From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,93e601c1ce1d293c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-30 07:34:04 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!auvm!PSAVAX.PWFL.COM!CONDIC Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Message-ID: Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 10:34:04 EST Sender: Ada programming language From: CONDIC@PSAVAX.PWFL.COM Subject: Re: DOD-STD-2167a Date: 1995-01-30T10:34:04-05:00 List-Id: From: Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93 Subject: Re: DOD-STD-2167a Original_To: PROFS%"SMTP@PWAGPDB" Original_cc: CONDIC Doc Elliott Writes: > >I didn't think that 2167A was all that bad! Sure it had flaws, but those >flaws only manifested themselves in programs where the standard was >blindly and rigidly applied and interpreted by Government managers who >didn't understand the software process. > I have to agree with this. 2167A can be made to work effectively because it provides a bucket for every possible development byproduct and an "enlightened" reading of the processes allows for almost any development model. If you're good at tailoring it, you can easily come up with a rational mapping to the practices you think you need. Still, there are the Les Miserables (sp?) style program managers who can't quite seem to grok that. Hence 498 tried to require fewer specific methods. I think it's an improvement, but we'd still be better off if there were a way to "tailor requirements *in*" rather than having to "tailor requirements *out*" The latter generally leads to that "blind application of 'the rules'" syndrome. Pax, Marin Marin David Condic, Senior Computer Engineer ATT: 407.796.8997 M/S 731-93 Technet: 796.8997 Pratt & Whitney, GESP Internet: CONDICMA@PWFL.COM P.O. Box 109600 Internet: MDCONDIC@AOL.COM West Palm Beach, FL 33410-9600 =============================================================================== "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." -- Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943. ===============================================================================