http://www.conifersystems.com/2008/09/11/voodoo-magic/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:54:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.conifersystems.com/2008/09/11/voodoo-magic/#comment-72 Continuous Process Improvement - Conifer Systems Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:04:43 +0000 http://www.conifersystems.com/?p=37#comment-72 [...] for the root cause of each problem and fix the root cause so the problem cannot happen again.  (I’ve written previously on this topic.)  One simple method Toyota adopted to identify root causes is called the “5 Whys.”  [...] [...] for the root cause of each problem and fix the root cause so the problem cannot happen again.  (I’ve written previously on this topic.)  One simple method Toyota adopted to identify root causes is called the “5 Whys.”  [...]

]]> http://www.conifersystems.com/2008/09/11/voodoo-magic/#comment-30 Binary Searching for Bugs - Conifer Systems Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:21:22 +0000 http://www.conifersystems.com/?p=37#comment-30 [...] Normally, when debugging, I would recommend starting from first principles and trying to understand the problem’s root cause before doing anything else.  Without a complete understanding of the bug, your chances of implementing a complete and correct fix are poor.  The last thing you want to do is apply a random fix that “seems to work” without understanding why it works; at that point, you’re a member of the Voodoo Magic School of Software Engineering. [...] [...] Normally, when debugging, I would recommend starting from first principles and trying to understand the problem’s root cause before doing anything else.  Without a complete understanding of the bug, your chances of implementing a complete and correct fix are poor.  The last thing you want to do is apply a random fix that “seems to work” without understanding why it works; at that point, you’re a member of the Voodoo Magic School of Software Engineering. [...]

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