Comments on: Why does our industry have such a low standard of quality? http://jonkruger.com/blog/2009/01/14/why-does-our-industry-have-such-a-low-standard-of-quality/ Fri, 18 May 2012 01:02:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jon Kruger’s Blog » Blog Archive » Tips for becoming a faster developer http://jonkruger.com/blog/2009/01/14/why-does-our-industry-have-such-a-low-standard-of-quality/comment-page-1/#comment-3235 Jon Kruger’s Blog » Blog Archive » Tips for becoming a faster developer Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:32:02 +0000 http://jonkruger.com/blog/2009/01/14/why-does-our-industry-have-such-a-low-standard-of-quality/#comment-3235 [...] Why does our industry have such a low standard of quality? [...] [...] Why does our industry have such a low standard of quality? [...]

]]> By: Charles Husemann http://jonkruger.com/blog/2009/01/14/why-does-our-industry-have-such-a-low-standard-of-quality/comment-page-1/#comment-3226 Charles Husemann Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:54:51 +0000 http://jonkruger.com/blog/2009/01/14/why-does-our-industry-have-such-a-low-standard-of-quality/#comment-3226 Jon, It's a nice list but you need to add lack of funding, poor requirements, and complexity to the mix. Scope control is in there as well. ->Chuck Jon,
It’s a nice list but you need to add lack of funding, poor requirements, and complexity to the mix. Scope control is in there as well.
->Chuck

]]> By: Greg Finzer http://jonkruger.com/blog/2009/01/14/why-does-our-industry-have-such-a-low-standard-of-quality/comment-page-1/#comment-3225 Greg Finzer Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:23:08 +0000 http://jonkruger.com/blog/2009/01/14/why-does-our-industry-have-such-a-low-standard-of-quality/#comment-3225 Jon, I think the biggest problem out there is the perception that the best developer is the fastest developer. I've never had a project where the company said they wanted quality over a deadline. I think companies intentionally set tight deadlines because developers are so expensive. The deadlines are needed however as most developers like to weigh a lot of options and can be stuck in analysis paralysis. Yes we spend most of our time doing re-writes of old software. If you think about it though, you aren't using the same phone you had five years ago. As technology tools change and improves, the software and hardware must change as well. We might be all doing Ruby in 5 years, all that .NET code will need to be re-written, no matter how well it is architected. :) Jon, I think the biggest problem out there is the perception that the best developer is the fastest developer. I’ve never had a project where the company said they wanted quality over a deadline. I think companies intentionally set tight deadlines because developers are so expensive. The deadlines are needed however as most developers like to weigh a lot of options and can be stuck in analysis paralysis.

Yes we spend most of our time doing re-writes of old software. If you think about it though, you aren’t using the same phone you had five years ago. As technology tools change and improves, the software and hardware must change as well. We might be all doing Ruby in 5 years, all that .NET code will need to be re-written, no matter how well it is architected. :)

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