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Known bug. The SRR (software readiness review) process happened after development but prior to certification for launch. Most of the bugs were found here and

Known bug. The SRR (software readiness review) process happened after development but prior to certification for launch. Most of the bugs were found here and were found to have existed in the code since the beginning of the program. These were overwhelmingly low severity discrepancy reports. If I recall correctly, there was a time when they were finding lots of bugs through SRR, so the main development team started their own "continuous review" designed to catch bugs before going to SRR. This made the SRR people angry because they were finding fewer bugs and felt the development team was focusing on competition over bug numbers rather than the code itself.

ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago
> This made the SRR people angry because they were finding fewer bugs and felt the development team was focusing on competition over bug numbers rather than the code itself. This reminds me of the Quality culture, at my last job, which was a famous Japanese optical corporation. It was deliberately set up, so there was an adversarial relationship between QA, and Development, with QA holding the aces. As a Development manager, it used to drive me nuts (Ed. Well, it wasn’t much of a “drive.” More like a short putt). It did result in very high-Quality software, but at the cost of agility. It reflected their hardware development methodology, which regularly resulted in stunningly high-Quality kit, but I think caused a lot of issues with the usability and effectiveness of their software.
- giancarlostoro 2y ago
  Reasons why I might not think twice when buying anything built in Japan. I know they care about quality. I rather it be built right, than quickly. I wish we held quality to higher standards in the software industry.
  - tmcdos 2y ago
    Japans cultivate this through their entire culture - starting from young children. We, the Westerns, are already at least 2 decades behind, sometimes even 4-5 decades ...
    - giancarlostoro 2y ago
      I liked an NPR article about how Mayans let their young do chores whilst young, when in contrast we tell them to go away and hand them an iPad. I read it before having a kid, and now that I do, if my daughter can help with a chore in any way, I let her, and encourage her for helping. She is so overjoyed for helping out.
  - ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago
    > I wish we held quality to higher standards in the software industry. We share a wish.

ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago

> This made the SRR people angry because they were finding fewer bugs and felt the development team was focusing on competition over bug numbers rather than the code itself. This reminds me of the Quality culture, at my last job, which was a famous Japanese optical corporation. It was deliberately set up, so there was an adversarial relationship between QA, and Development, with QA holding the aces. As a Development manager, it used to drive me nuts (Ed. Well, it wasn’t much of a “drive.” More like a short putt). It did result in very high-Quality software, but at the cost of agility. It reflected their hardware development methodology, which regularly resulted in stunningly high-Quality kit, but I think caused a lot of issues with the usability and effectiveness of their software.

giancarlostoro 2y ago
Reasons why I might not think twice when buying anything built in Japan. I know they care about quality. I rather it be built right, than quickly. I wish we held quality to higher standards in the software industry.
- tmcdos 2y ago
  Japans cultivate this through their entire culture - starting from young children. We, the Westerns, are already at least 2 decades behind, sometimes even 4-5 decades ...
  - giancarlostoro 2y ago
    I liked an NPR article about how Mayans let their young do chores whilst young, when in contrast we tell them to go away and hand them an iPad. I read it before having a kid, and now that I do, if my daughter can help with a chore in any way, I let her, and encourage her for helping. She is so overjoyed for helping out.
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago
  > I wish we held quality to higher standards in the software industry. We share a wish.