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    Software Development Cycle

    Haha, just saw this. They didn't teach me in school that development cycle is like that

    It's almost like in our company..

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    Software Development Cycle

    Software doesn't just appear on the shelves by magic. That program
    shrink-wrapped inside the box along with the indecipherable manual and
    12-paragraph disclaimer notice actually came to you by way of an
    elaborate path, through the most rigid quality control on the planet.
    Here, shared for the first time with the general public, are the inside
    details of the program development cycle.

    1) Programmer produces code he believes is bug-free.

    2) Product is tested. 20 bugs are found.

    3) Programmer fixes 10 of the bugs and explains to the testing
    department that the other 10 aren't really bugs.

    4) Testing department finds that five of the fixes didn't work and
    discovers 15 new bugs.

    5) See 3.

    6) See 4.

    7) See 5.

    8) See 6.

    9) See 7.

    10) See 8.

    11) Due to marketing pressure and an extremely pre-mature product
    announcement based on overly-optimistic programming schedule, the
    product is released.

    12) Users find 137 new bugs.

    13) Original programmer, having cashed his royalty check, is nowhere to
    be found.

    14) Newly-assembled programming team fixes almost all of the 137 bugs,
    but introduce 456 new ones.

    15) Original programmer sends underpaid testing department a postcard
    from Fiji.
    Entire testing department quits.

    16) Company is bought in a hostile takeover by competitor using profits
    from their latest release, which had 783 bugs.

    17) New CEO is brought in by board of directors. He hires programmer to
    redo program from scratch.

    18) Programmer produces code he believes is bug-free....

    --

    Sorry, I'm little frustrated. Our one man testing team has just found another bunch of bugs.
    "Testing? What's that? If it compiles, it is good, if it boots up, it is perfect."
    -Linus Torvalds

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    Re: Software Development Cycle

    Very good.....

    But they didn't mention the high volumes of bad language and crippling amounts of industrial strength caffine!

    Dave.

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    Re: Software Development Cycle

    And also the fact that products are sold before the programmer even hears the idea
    If you dribble then you are as mad as me

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    Re: Software Development Cycle

    Quote Originally Posted by BodwadUK
    And also the fact that products are sold before the programmer even hears the idea
    Uuh, thats sooo familiar! And of course the programmer is in the middle of at least three different projects.
    "Testing? What's that? If it compiles, it is good, if it boots up, it is perfect."
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    Re: Software Development Cycle

    Hey, this is a rare sighting! A fellow Finn! Nyt minäkin voin puhua täällä jotain muuta kuin englantia ja hermostuttaa kaikki sillä! And no one would notice a thing! Darn I'm evil!

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    Sounds Russian. I hear you finns hate the russians

    I have to work on a Finnish system. Its a nightmare not being able to understand the language, expecially VNC'ing to a finnish keyboard setup
    If you dribble then you are as mad as me

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    Re: Software Development Cycle

    Quote Originally Posted by Arto
    Haha, just saw this. They didn't teach me in school that development cycle is like that

    It's almost like in our company..

    --

    Software Development Cycle

    Software doesn't just appear on the shelves by magic. That program
    shrink-wrapped inside the box along with the indecipherable manual and
    12-paragraph disclaimer notice actually came to you by way of an
    elaborate path, through the most rigid quality control on the planet.
    Here, shared for the first time with the general public, are the inside
    details of the program development cycle.

    1) Programmer produces code he believes is bug-free.

    2) Product is tested. 20 bugs are found.

    3) Programmer fixes 10 of the bugs and explains to the testing
    department that the other 10 aren't really bugs.

    4) Testing department finds that five of the fixes didn't work and
    discovers 15 new bugs.

    5) See 3.

    6) See 4.

    7) See 5.

    8) See 6.

    9) See 7.

    10) See 8.

    11) Due to marketing pressure and an extremely pre-mature product
    announcement based on overly-optimistic programming schedule, the
    product is released.

    12) Users find 137 new bugs.

    13) Original programmer, having cashed his royalty check, is nowhere to
    be found.

    14) Newly-assembled programming team fixes almost all of the 137 bugs,
    but introduce 456 new ones.

    15) Original programmer sends underpaid testing department a postcard
    from Fiji.
    Entire testing department quits.

    16) Company is bought in a hostile takeover by competitor using profits
    from their latest release, which had 783 bugs.

    17) New CEO is brought in by board of directors. He hires programmer to
    redo program from scratch.

    18) Programmer produces code he believes is bug-free....

    --

    Sorry, I'm little frustrated. Our one man testing team has just found another bunch of bugs.

    The scary thing is that it's so true!
    Life is one big rock tune

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    Re: Software Development Cycle

    Quote Originally Posted by BodwadUK
    Sounds Russian. I hear you finns hate the russians

    I have to work on a Finnish system. Its a nightmare not being able to understand the language, expecially VNC'ing to a finnish keyboard setup
    Sounds? Nowhere near! Even English sounds much closer to Russian than Finnish!

    Btw, Finnish keyboard setup beats the English one any day! Especially Airas (= Finnish version of Dvorak).

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    Re: Software Development Cycle

    hahaha. so true.
    you can't bind me.

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    Re: Software Development Cycle

    Quote Originally Posted by BodwadUK
    Sounds Russian. I hear you finns hate the russians

    I have to work on a Finnish system. Its a nightmare not being able to understand the language, expecially VNC'ing to a finnish keyboard setup
    Sounds Russian!? There's nothing common in Finnish and Russian, tstst.. Except we both love booze
    Last edited by Arto; Aug 17th, 2005 at 04:20 AM.
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    Re: Software Development Cycle

    Quote Originally Posted by Merri
    Hey, this is a rare sighting! A fellow Finn! Nyt minäkin voin puhua täällä jotain muuta kuin englantia ja hermostuttaa kaikki sillä! And no one would notice a thing! Darn I'm evil!
    Another Finn! I though that I'm the only one here.
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    Re: Software Development Cycle

    and where the f*** is the \ key

    Took me years to find it using an english keyboard on a Finnish system
    If you dribble then you are as mad as me

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    Re: Software Development Cycle

    This picture describes this whole cycle again..



    "Testing? What's that? If it compiles, it is good, if it boots up, it is perfect."
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    If you dribble then you are as mad as me

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