I know of many manufacturers and large corps using it (like GE) in project management and TQM, but I have not been aware of anyone applying it to software development.
Tracy
>>> Revisions, enhancements, and new development should all be treated the same: 100% coverage where possible.
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>>IBM's study on code coverage concluded that anything beyond 80% doesn't give good bang for the buck.
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>Hi Mike,
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>After your session in DevCon, I mentioned Six Sigma to you, are you aware of any sources that deal with applying the philosophy to software development?
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>For those unfamiliar with the term, it's a school of thought developed by Motorola a few years ago, whose goal is to reduce errors to somewhere in the 0.000something% range.
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>Alex
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