I don't doubt for a minute that NASA has highly competent programmers who write bulletproof ultra-reliable software, but they didn't get their knowledge or skill from this tedious bureaucratic tome.
After skimming the document for 15 minutes, I didn't find a single thing that would be insightful to experienced software developers or their managers. Things like, "Increased complexity means increased errors at all levels of development." It should be possible to write a useful book about software safety, but this is not it.
After skimming the document for 15 minutes, I didn't find a single thing that would be insightful to experienced software developers or their managers. Things like, "Increased complexity means increased errors at all levels of development." It should be possible to write a useful book about software safety, but this is not it.