Wording of Engineering Processes Problem

Scott W Brim swb at employees.org
Tue Jun 10 12:03:59 CEST 2003


On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 09:58:21AM -0400, Margaret Wasserman allegedly wrote:
> 
> As I mentioned in SF, I think we may want to change the
> wording of the "Engineering Processes" problem...
> 
> IMO, the problem isn't that we don't use effective
> engineering processes (although using them may be part
> of the solution).  I'd state the problem as:
> 
> "WGs do not consistently produce timely, high-quality
> and predictable output."
> 
> Solutions to this problem might include:  adoption of
> quality processes, training, better review during document
> production, flogging WG chairs who produce crap, etc.
> 
> What do others think?

Fine with me.  It avoids straying into solutions.


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