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Ask HN: Does anyone use the IEEE software development standards?
1 point by hiAndrewQuinn 9 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment
By this I'm referring to such things as the IEEE 730 ( https://standards.ieee.org/ieee/730/5284/ ), the IEEE 1028 ( https://standards.ieee.org/ieee/1028/1501/ ), and so on and so forth.

I came across these first about a year ago, but I have virtually never heard them spoken about here on Hacker News, and I guess I'm just wondering who is actually writing documents in these kinds of standards and why. Is it just a regulatory thing? Are they secret collections of decades of well-integrated best practices, hiding in plain sight? Maybe something in between those two extremes? I'd love to hear more from people who have done these kinds of things before.



My organization has found this useful

https://iso25000.com/index.php/en/iso-25000-standards/iso-25...

My take? Technology is full of prima donnas who love re-inventing the wheel because they're the smartest people they know.




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