Came across this website that has some very detailed “commandments” for software development at their company.  A surprisingly lengthy list of dos and don’ts related to coding, testing, designing, estimating, and managing the software lifecycle.  Does your company have anything written?  I often find that each company has some “lore” – some practices that characterize...Read More

In the July 2006 IEEE Computer Journal article: “The Power of 10: Rules for Developing Safety- Critical Code” by Gerard J. Holzmann of the NASA/JPL Laboratory for Reliable Software, the following 10 rules were listed: Restrict all code to very simple control flow constructs—do not use go to statements, set jump or long jump constructs,...Read More