[trustable-software] : We've got this all wrong !

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On Tue, 24 Apr 2018, Andrew Banks wrote:

>
> I suggest that the issue here is how to DEFINE and MEASURE competency, not
> whether we need it as a requirement :-)
>

As I said in the earlier email <Tue Apr 24 11:20:09 BST 2018>

>>         We have another issue with competency, which is for software 
>> engineering in fact we have very little 'science' around what we could 
>> measure to show competancy. Is it the linguistic capability of the 
>> consumption of the compiler or language choice ? Is it around 
>> algorthimic understanding and consumption ? Could be possibly be as 
>> flakey as the definiton of Agile and the processes around things ?
>>
>>         We don't even have an agreed Body of Knowledge around these
>>  subjects. So really don't believe this will fly.

            We have no common agreement event what science we are doing to 
define those measures against which we could certify. We also have another 
major problem with certifcation is how testing methods impact measurment.

            So what do we use if we can to measure this

Edmund

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