This story has been circulating for a while now. My view is that it is Boeing trying to point the finger elsewhere. Any developer does not do the whole job. Whan I used off-shore developer the customer wrote the initial spec. We analysts wrote the detailed spec. The developers coded it and we tested it as soon as it was complete.
You never expect any code to work so you have to catch the errors in your testing. After we (basically in-house IT) tested it the customer tested it as well. The testing usually took longer than the coding.
Blaming the developers for being less well off than you is hardly an excuse.
I worked for an indian tech firm. Every corner was cut and they lied about progress and deadlines. Just completely agreed to functionality they absolutely could not develop. I was told to hide defects during demos so we could meet milestones. Anything they actually released to UAT was just bug-riddled garbage and if you tried to send it back, they'd just argue that it's working fine.
The project was eventually shelved and the company sued for breach of contract. Nothing was actually delivered, but millions were wasted.
This story has been circulating for a while now. My view is that it is Boeing trying to point the finger elsewhere. Any developer does not do the whole job. Whan I used off-shore developer the customer wrote the initial spec. We analysts wrote the detailed spec. The developers coded it and we tested it as soon as it was complete.
You never expect any code to work so you have to catch the errors in your testing. After we (basically in-house IT) tested it the customer tested it as well. The testing usually took longer than the coding.
Blaming the developers for being less well off than you is hardly an excuse.
I worked for an indian tech firm. Every corner was cut and they lied about progress and deadlines. Just completely agreed to functionality they absolutely could not develop. I was told to hide defects during demos so we could meet milestones. Anything they actually released to UAT was just bug-riddled garbage and if you tried to send it back, they'd just argue that it's working fine.
The project was eventually shelved and the company sued for breach of contract. Nothing was actually delivered, but millions were wasted.
Sounds about right.