The Laws of Software Process

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The Purpose of Process

Inventing Processes

There is a point that should be addressed here, relating to “new pro-

cesses.” One could argue that we always use the “same” process for discov-

ery, and that we do not actually invent new processes. Testing might be put

up as a good example. We always test a system. In fact, we may have docu-

mented testing processes and “well-defined” testing methods. However,

until they have been applied to this system, they have not been proven, and

the testing process cannot tell us exactly what we will find. Invariably, in

applying the process and method to the system at hand, we are inventing

the testing process and