tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222462746492540485.post3276426029836977996..comments2024-03-12T18:29:48.203+00:00Comments on investigating software: Controlling software developmentPeter Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05100471888135365752noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222462746492540485.post-39111693157621379692011-02-28T12:01:25.222+00:002011-02-28T12:01:25.222+00:00In IT, the word "control" is most often ...In IT, the word "control" is most often used as a synonym for management. It's great to see the word used in this important meaning (which by the way is the more common use of the word in Danish).<br /><br />Controls are needed where you can't accept the risk of not controlling. But quite often the problem is that people don't thinkg aobut the consequences of not controlling. It's easier to make something if it doesn't need to work.<br /><br />This is where testing should be controlled too: On the static level before testing takes place e.g. doing a SWAT to assess what's in focus, and on the dynamic level by controlling the test results when the product is released and one can start learning how it performs in real life.<br /><br />/AndersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com