Comments on: Michael Mah: offshore-developed software projects have 2.8X as many bugs as average software projects http://www.yourdonreport.com/index.php/2007/02/13/michael-mah-offshore-developed-software-projects-have-28x-as-many-bugs-as-average-software-projects/ Blogging the impact of computer-related technology trends, and whatever else catches my interest. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:22:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: links for 2009-09-12 « Csom Gyula Blogja http://www.yourdonreport.com/index.php/2007/02/13/michael-mah-offshore-developed-software-projects-have-28x-as-many-bugs-as-average-software-projects/comment-page-1/#comment-32862 links for 2009-09-12 « Csom Gyula Blogja Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:04:40 +0000 http://yourdon.com/personal/blog/2007/02/13/michael-mah-offshore-developed-software-projects-have-28x-as-many-bugs-as-average-software-projects/#comment-32862 [...] Michael Mah: offshore-developed software projects have 2.8X as many bugs as average software project... (tags: agile offshore) [...] [...] Michael Mah: offshore-developed software projects have 2.8X as many bugs as average software project… (tags: agile offshore) [...]

]]> By: mygoodlife.ch » Blog Archives » Is offshoring buggy? http://www.yourdonreport.com/index.php/2007/02/13/michael-mah-offshore-developed-software-projects-have-28x-as-many-bugs-as-average-software-projects/comment-page-1/#comment-23666 mygoodlife.ch » Blog Archives » Is offshoring buggy? Tue, 01 May 2007 19:04:25 +0000 http://yourdon.com/personal/blog/2007/02/13/michael-mah-offshore-developed-software-projects-have-28x-as-many-bugs-as-average-software-projects/#comment-23666 [...] Yourdon has an interesting summary on Michael Mah’s analysis of offshored software projects, where he concludes that such [...] [...] Yourdon has an interesting summary on Michael Mah’s analysis of offshored software projects, where he concludes that such [...]

]]> By: Richard Kuper http://www.yourdonreport.com/index.php/2007/02/13/michael-mah-offshore-developed-software-projects-have-28x-as-many-bugs-as-average-software-projects/comment-page-1/#comment-16305 Richard Kuper Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:52:05 +0000 http://yourdon.com/personal/blog/2007/02/13/michael-mah-offshore-developed-software-projects-have-28x-as-many-bugs-as-average-software-projects/#comment-16305 There is now a short posting at http://TheKuperReport.com about the event and Ed's write-up. Richard Kuper R.L. Kuper, Inc. There is now a short posting at http://TheKuperReport.com about the event and Ed’s write-up.
Richard Kuper
R.L. Kuper, Inc.

]]> By: Richard Kuper http://www.yourdonreport.com/index.php/2007/02/13/michael-mah-offshore-developed-software-projects-have-28x-as-many-bugs-as-average-software-projects/comment-page-1/#comment-16288 Richard Kuper Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:05:38 +0000 http://yourdon.com/personal/blog/2007/02/13/michael-mah-offshore-developed-software-projects-have-28x-as-many-bugs-as-average-software-projects/#comment-16288 Hi Ed- We were happy to have you as a surprise audience member at this event, and always appreciate when you make the time to give presentations to the group as well. Thank you for this terrific write-up of Michael's presentation. Richard Kuper R.L. Kuper, Inc. ThisIsMyStore.com and also website and publicity for the NYC SPIN Hi Ed-
We were happy to have you as a surprise audience member at this event, and always appreciate when you make the time to give presentations to the group as well.
Thank you for this terrific write-up of Michael’s presentation.
Richard Kuper
R.L. Kuper, Inc.
ThisIsMyStore.com

and also
website and publicity for the NYC SPIN

]]> By: Website developers http://www.yourdonreport.com/index.php/2007/02/13/michael-mah-offshore-developed-software-projects-have-28x-as-many-bugs-as-average-software-projects/comment-page-1/#comment-16202 Website developers Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:48:00 +0000 http://yourdon.com/personal/blog/2007/02/13/michael-mah-offshore-developed-software-projects-have-28x-as-many-bugs-as-average-software-projects/#comment-16202 Made interesting read. 1) "end-users and the developers are not “co-located”" so In effect what you are trying to say is that for each project a client's representative should colocated in the developers office. I'm sure that will solve many problems but really I'm not sure whether that is possible for every project and client. 2) "reminds us that software defects are strongly correlated to the number of “lines of communication” between the developers on the team;" If the developers maintain standard practises and if the web developers split a bigger project into plausable smaller modules then I'm not sure whether the above rule applies here. I'm reminded of an age old aptitude question. If 4 persons take 10 days to complete a building , how many days will 40 persons take to complete the same task ? The answer definitely is not "1 day" but not "10 days either" ! Made interesting read.

1) “end-users and the developers are not “co-located””
so In effect what you are trying to say is that for each project a client’s representative should colocated in the developers office. I’m sure that will solve many problems but really I’m not sure whether that is possible for every project and client.

2) “reminds us that software defects are strongly correlated to the number of “lines of communication” between the developers on the team;”

If the developers maintain standard practises and if the web developers split a bigger project into plausable smaller modules then I’m not sure whether the above rule applies here. I’m reminded of an age old aptitude question. If 4 persons take 10 days to complete a building , how many days will 40 persons take to complete the same task ? The answer definitely is not “1 day” but not “10 days either” !

]]> By: Mara D. Burns http://www.yourdonreport.com/index.php/2007/02/13/michael-mah-offshore-developed-software-projects-have-28x-as-many-bugs-as-average-software-projects/comment-page-1/#comment-16199 Mara D. Burns Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:34:12 +0000 http://yourdon.com/personal/blog/2007/02/13/michael-mah-offshore-developed-software-projects-have-28x-as-many-bugs-as-average-software-projects/#comment-16199 I agree, Michael\'s presentation was insightful and provocative. While the evidence consisted of only a few projects, it was definitely eye-opening. I agree, Michael\’s presentation was insightful and provocative. While the evidence consisted of only a few projects, it was definitely eye-opening.

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