[SystemSafety] What do we know about software reliability?

[Peter Bishop]

On 16/09/2020 12:59, Les Chambers wrote:
> For what it’s worth my view after 46 years in the business is that reliability is an 
> attribute of an organisation not a software or systems product. The best process  
> in the world is useless if the fleshware is not inclined to follow it. Trusted system 
> is a misnomer. Customers buy from trusted organisations. An organisation is 
> worthy of trust when it is populated by trustworthy people.
Despite the earlier techie discussions, I have to agree with Les's
bigger picture view about organisations

e.g. airline operators with the same planes can have vastly different
safety records.

Peter

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