[SystemSafety] Another question

[Paul Sherwood]

On 2018-09-20 14:54, Derek M Jones wrote:
>> Just some Data:
>> 
>> https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20100036670.pdf
> 
> Mostly just made-up example data pulled out of a hat.
> 
> I have tracked back all the cited references and they
> disappear into the mists of time.  Somewhere, somebody noted
> down some numbers for one or more projects, they got amalgamated
> and shuffled around on the speaking circuit.

Yup... there's a thorough debunking of various claims in The Leprechauns 
Of Software Engineering [1] ...well worth a read IMO

https://leanpub.com/leprechauns