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Published on: 5/1/1996
Last Visited: 11/24/2001
Richard Murray of Hillside Software Limited discusses possible reasons for this and examines some of the challenges faced by the software industry in trying to improve product quality.
One of the four main ways of improving software product quality is to improve awareness [within the development community] of successful product and system designs.
Software product design improvement does not offer the same type of business opportunities as TickIT or ISO9000, and there are other possible reasons why significant improvements in software product quality have not been realised.Because of the nature of software, there are limited opportunities for software engineers to be exposed to successful software designs.The software engineering profession, in general, has been poor at helping customers distinguish between software "bricklayers" and software "architects".Many software development organisations focus primarily on technology and software development skills, and don't invest sufficiently in building up knowledge of the clients' application domains.
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Richard Murray is the Managing Director of Hillside Software, 55 Roman Road, Bearsden, Glasgow G61 2SG, a software engineering consultancy specialising in high integrity, real time control and monitoring applications. Tel/Fax: 041 9424432 e-mail: Compuserve 100327.2623