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JPL wrote a fascinating reflection on what engineering practices allowed this to happen. For any of you who have not experienced the NASA Knowledge Gateway, I w
by HALtheWise 8y ago
JPL wrote a fascinating reflection on what engineering practices allowed this to happen. For any of you who have not experienced the NASA Knowledge Gateway, I would recommend. https://llis.nasa.gov/lesson/1743 https://llis.nasa.gov/lesson/1743
- fma 8y agoNice concise read. I think many lessons are well known but not acknowledged. For a high quality product...Test a lot, experienced people, do things in house. Meanwhile software industry is... Ship to prod ASAP, hire junior devs to reach head count, outsource to overseas and contractors. I realize the risks are different... But management gets pissed when software causes financial lost and wonder why.
- orzig 8y agoOne systemic problem is that the ownership and management of most companies shifts significantly over a 15 year time span, whereas the people designing a new NASA program know that they (or people that they care about) would be picking up the pieces if they are sloppy. I wonder whether family owned companies are closer to NASA in their testing/hiring practices?