Reality Check
The amount of software in a typical device doubles every 18 months
As an industry, our defect densities are about the same today as they have been at any other time in the past 20 years
- 0.5-2.0 software faults/KSLOC
- Over the spectrum from game software to mainframe software to safety-critical code
70% of all development organizations are SEI CMM-1
Q: Are we better off today with all of the recent "advances" in software engineering theory and practice than we were without them?
Issue: Quality, Quality, Quality !!