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Is the military getting “software development” ?

James Bach is a well known test specialist that has espoused Agile software development since the beginning. Even though the testing community is still searching for consensus (which may not even be a good thing) James is definitely quite ahead of the pack. His latest post on testing in the military is very “to the …

James Bach is a well known test specialist that has espoused Agile software development since the beginning. Even though the testing community is still searching for consensus (which may not even be a good thing) James is definitely quite ahead of the pack.

His latest post on testing in the military is very “to the point”. Check it out.

It’s not that they love process, it’s that they love bad process. Documentation? Bad documentation. Who can look upon 2167A or Mil-Std-499 without dismay? I’ll tell you who: paper mills and people paid to arrange the ink on all that paper. It’s just a scam and a travesty.

James Bach’s Blog » Could the Military Be Waking Up?

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