Re: [AM] Why Traceability?

[email protected] wrote:

> Unfortunately, you are absolutely right regarding CYA. We've become such 
> a litigious society that there is virtually no escape from potential 
> liability. 

Virtually no escape... except delivering small increments, frequently. 
That has kept me out of trouble so far. When a client or employer 
doesn't want to work that way, I look for a quick exit. I have been able 
to feed my family so far.

> Of course, if you look at the numbers, software developers as 
> a group have earned a pretty bad reputation for failing to produce 
> maintainable and sustainable systems that do what they're supposed to 
> do, on time, within budget. 

Absolutely, and it is our responsibility -- and I take it as a personal 
responsibility -- to create an environment in which we /can/ deliver 
something sufficiently close to what we expected to deliver when we 
planned things out. Again, I seem to be able to make this happen with 
the help of small, frequent increments.

<snip />

> Until the situation becomes painful enough for the 
> supposed movers and shakers to get serious enough to take a good look at 
> the agile methodologies, we're in for a long haul.

I have decided to let them come to the conclusion on their own, or let 
other people continue to try to introduce them to the concepts. I know 
I'm not the persuasive kind. I'm patient. In the meantime, I'm getting 
paid enough to live.

> Oops, sorry J.B., I got a little carried away there.

Never fear. :)

Take care.
-- 
J. B. Rainsberger,
Diaspar Software Services
http://www.diasparsoftware.com :: +1 416 791-8603
Let's write software that people understand

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