Not gonna argue. I know that, for many folks, these days, anything that imposes guardrails and boundaries, is considered “bureaucracy.”
It’s funny, but there’s a heck of a lot of structure, in today’s software industry. It’s just not called “process,” or “formal methods.” It’s just “this is how everyone does it.”
Pretty much a requirement, when your workforce leaves, every 18 months.
BTW: that corporation was very much into “proving right with math.” The Japanese really like math, and this corporation probably has hundreds of patents, describing testing and validation methodology.
Watts Humphrey once wrote a book that described a personal formal methodology. Can’t remember the name, but it was a really big deal, in the 1980s. I think it went a bit overboard, but it worked well, for folks that followed it completely.
It’s funny, but there’s a heck of a lot of structure, in today’s software industry. It’s just not called “process,” or “formal methods.” It’s just “this is how everyone does it.”
Pretty much a requirement, when your workforce leaves, every 18 months.