Scaling up

Scalability is an important concern in Software Engineering education. We know that the methods we teach scale up because they are scaled-down versions of methods in industrial use now:

• Our work products are based on the those used in the Software Cost Reduction project led by Parnas [4].
• Our notations and inspection methods are based on those used in the Cleanroom method pioneered by Mills [5].
• Our methods for system testing follow standard practice in industry. Because automated module testing is not a standard industrial practice, our approach to module testing is novel. Nonetheless, it has seen industrial application [6].