[SystemSafety] Safety Culture redux

[Eric Burger]

What I like about errors and dislike about bugs is if we go back to the origin of the term ‘bug,’ it was an inadvertent happenstance beyond the control of the computer builder. I.e., literally a bug that flew into the tubes. What we today call ‘bugs’ are not the universe sending a six-legged, winged creature into our creation (i.e., a random, unavoidable event), but a mistake or error that possibly could have been avoided.

> On Feb 21, 2018, at 12:06 PM, paul_e.bennett at topmail.co.uk wrote:
> 
> On 21/02/2018 at 5:00 PM, "Chris Hills" <safetyyork at phaedsys.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I have started a small shift in culture which I hope will gather
>> speed.
>> 
>> Stop referring to bugs in software as "bugs" but call them
>> "errors".   This
>> simple change shifts the whole tone of things
>> 
>> All software has bugs  ->  all software has errors
>> 
>> That is a bug-> that is an error
>> 
>> I have a couple of bugs to sort -> I have a couple of errors to
>> sort.
> 
> I tend to think that even 'error' might not be the best word.
> 
>  Perhaps  - Defects
>                   Issues
>                   Flaws
> 
> However, I agree that 'Bugs' is not appropriate. I mean to say, what has a
> grey and white cartoon rabbit got to do with software? ;>
> 
> Regards
> 
> Paul E. Bennett IEng MIET
> Systems Engineer
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