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=1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY, INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,fb1663c3ca80b502 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Ken Garlington" Subject: Re: Writing better software was: Design by Contract (was Re: Interesting thread in comp.lang.eiffel) Date: 2000/08/01 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 653042067 References: <8ipvnj$inc$1@wanadoo.fr> <39654639.B3760EF2@eiffel.com> <3984AD1D.830B538@below.for.email.address> <3984DC2D.C707824@swbell.net> <3985F031.B4862B40@below.for.email.address> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-Complaints-To: abuse@flash.net X-Trace: news.flash.net 965095789 216.215.76.173 (Mon, 31 Jul 2000 21:09:49 CDT) Organization: FlashNet Communications, http://www.flash.net X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 21:09:49 CDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: > 3. Find a way to produce software of the same quality while using a > cheaper process > > (3) is, IMO, the holy grail of software engineering. If anyone has > realistic suggestions of how it could be done (for the Shuttle or any > similar CMM-5 shop), I for one would be interested to hear them. In fact, a true "CMM 5" shop will be generating their *own* ideas on how to reduce costs (which, in fact, I believe they are doing in Houston). I can't get into proprietary issues here, but as a general rule there is no process that can't be optimized -- even a process for high-integrity software.