Re:Medical Devices: The Therac-25 (1995)
by smarks on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @01:13AM
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Nice article, thanks for posting it.
It's ironic that this article mentions the Toyota Production System as an example of a safe and defect-free system. Another article about Toyota was posted on HN today:
«Toyotas Unintended Acceleration and the Big Bowl of "Spaghetti" Code (2013)»
Apparently Toyota's software development doesn't follow the Toyota Production System.
OK, that was a flip comment; it's pretty clear that TPS isn't suited to software development. However, it does seem clear that Toyota's software development practices are deficient.
It's ironic that this article mentions the Toyota Production System as an example of a safe and defect-free system. Another article about Toyota was posted on HN today:
«Toyotas Unintended Acceleration and the Big Bowl of "Spaghetti" Code (2013)»
http://www.safetyresearch.net/blog/articles/toyota-unintende...
Apparently Toyota's software development doesn't follow the Toyota Production System.
OK, that was a flip comment; it's pretty clear that TPS isn't suited to software development. However, it does seem clear that Toyota's software development practices are deficient.