[TenTec] sdr'S

[Graham Wright]

Shades of Microsoft here methinks!

73
Graham   G4FUJ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Darwin, Keith" <Keith.Darwin at goodrich.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] sdr'S


> Yes, but ... Getting people to actually follow the process is the
trick.
> It is so tempting to cut corners and ship it as soon as the new
function
> is proven to be working.  It takes a lot of fortitude on the part of
a
> company to make sure they "sell no wine before its time".   Add the
> pressure of having been behind schedule and we see the typical
scenario
> of documentation & testing being short-changed in favor of just
building
> the code.  Regression testing is not fun, not exciting and is not
where
> the top talent gets focused.
>
> - Keith -
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Dunbar
> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 2:46 PM
> To: 'Steve Baron - KB3MM'; 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] sdr'S
>
> Steve,
>
> I work with some very complex software developed applications for
the
> Department of Defense, and some of the same principles apply here
with
> the TEN TEC software development and testing.
>
> Mainly, is that when software engineers make upgrades or introduce
newly
> compiled object files as part of the overall operational program,
there
> has to be extensive "Regression Testing" of the software to ensure
that
> the upgrades or changes have not affected an existing features that
were
> operating normally prior to the introduction of new code elements.
>
> Many times, without good regression testing, of the latest release,
Beta
> or otherwise, then problems can surface in other areas that may have
> been non-issues previous.
>
> So, the overall moral to the story, is that complex software
operational
> programs with several modules, have to be extensively regression
tested,
> at the end of the release process. This takes a little time.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
> K4PV
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Steve Baron - KB3MM
> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 10:42 AM
> To: TenTec List
> Subject: [TenTec] sdr'S
>
> tHE PESON WHO SAID ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CHANGE THE SOFTWARE..hE
FORGOT
> TO MENTION THAT IT COULD TAKE QUITE A WHILE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT,
>
>
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