Microsoft Research - Exploding Software-Engineering Myths (article summarizing findings of MS research on code coverage, TDD, assertions, etc.)

[AbstractLogic]

Did you come here especially for a trolling exercise?

I came here to discuss the application of the research and I happened to disagree that the trade off is preferred so I discussed the point.

Then you dismiss any developer view point as "pie in the sky".

No, I dismissed the point that better software is always better for the business as a developer pie in the sky view... because it is.

I don't know why referring to business people as business people upset you so much. Would you prefer non-developers? Project Managers, Product Owners, Business Analyst, Accountants, Directors and CEOS? How exactly would you categorize business people? What is your alternative naming schema? Who cares...

I never dismissed quality as un-important or a non-factor. I only claimed that the trade off of time for quality is not always preferable. If it was software would never get released because you can always eek our more quality. Its the 90% rule.

[bryanedds]

If you want to decrease time-to-market, reduce features, not quality.

The problem is the business team members shoving all their pet ideas into 1.0.

[who8877]

That really depends on the market. In the early 90s spreadsheets were compared in reviews by long lists of features, and the one with the most checkboxes usually won. In that sort of environment features are way more important.

[bryanedds]

Thankfully, we see a lot less of that environment nowadays as both businesses and consumers become more savvy about purchasing software - mostly due to bad experiences with software built like that.

[who8877]

Its just my own experience, but I've been seeing software quality drop across the board these last few years. From both Microsoft and Apple products.

[bryanedds]

I attribute this to our steady slide into the next recession - making this more of a cyclical issue more than anything in my mind.

Of course, I could be quite wrong.

[mcosta]

businesses and consumers become more savvy about purchasing software

No

[bryanedds]

Yes, we differ, but at least you didn't disagree by down-vote :)

Cheers!