Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!decwrl!ads.com!saturn!jgautier From: jgautier@vangogh.ads.com (Jorge Gautier) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng Subject: Re: Software Quality Message-ID: Date: 20 Mar 91 01:46:42 GMT References: <1991Mar15.095125.44@skyler.mavd.honeywell.com> Sender: usenet@ads.com (USENET News) Distribution: comp.software-eng Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Mountain View, CA 94043, +1 (415) 960-7300 Lines: 12 In-Reply-To: gwharvey@lescsse.uucp's message of 18 Mar 91 04:42:46 GMT The "realization that faulty results follows faulty methods" has been with some of us even before the advent of metrics. Good programmers are humble enough to admit to their faults and work towards improving their methods. To attach metrics to this fundamental activity of process quality improvement--"let's see, last month you did 7.2 on our quality index, this month you did 8.1: good job!"--is ... well, I don't have the words to describe it. Of course, there are those who don't understand anything unless it's a number, so whatcha gonna do... -- Jorge A. Gautier| "The enemy is at the gate. And the enemy is the human mind jgautier@ads.com| itself--or lack of it--on this planet." -General Boy DISCLAIMER: All statements in this message are false.