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**MannoFr** · 06-26-2012, 03:52 AM

In Engineering, especially in Software Engineering there is a concept of Peer Review. It comes from the perspective that 4 eyes can reassure of something that 2 eyes may at times miss.
Every one is in a hurry to finish off something that they think is mundane and unnecessary. Not until you discover that the man in the counter forgot to stamp your entry when some authority determines you have sneaked in without that stamp on your passport, would you realise the need to have it been cross verified.
In software, it is said 90% of the time is spent in code that verifies that nothing provided were wrong, or nothing went wrong.
High Availability and High Accuracy involve building systems that are redundant; the opposite is not always true though.

Having come from Software design background I understand that you program for every possible scenario, and all exceptions. I also understand that you build for redundancies.
I also have been industrial engineer (process engineer) so you know you can eliminate some totally redundant step to achieve efficiency.

Mr. Chetan Bhagats point is valid. We tend to go with the flow, and not cause any trouble for ourselves. But people working in the system must realize the stupidity and streamline the process.

If the slip of paper is not accountable, you know it is useless. If that paper is to be of any use (of course they can harass you) in any follow up action, it must be filed and documented. The paper they collect at the airport is not verified, nor systematically saved.

06-26-2012, 03:52 AM	#4
MannoFr Join Date Mar 2007 Posts 4,451 Senior Member	In Engineering, especially in Software Engineering there is a concept of Peer Review. It comes from the perspective that 4 eyes can reassure of something that 2 eyes may at times miss. Every one is in a hurry to finish off something that they think is mundane and unnecessary. Not until you discover that the man in the counter forgot to stamp your entry when some authority determines you have sneaked in without that stamp on your passport, would you realise the need to have it been cross verified. In software, it is said 90% of the time is spent in code that verifies that nothing provided were wrong, or nothing went wrong. High Availability and High Accuracy involve building systems that are redundant; the opposite is not always true though. Having come from Software design background I understand that you program for every possible scenario, and all exceptions. I also understand that you build for redundancies. I also have been industrial engineer (process engineer) so you know you can eliminate some totally redundant step to achieve efficiency. Mr. Chetan Bhagats point is valid. We tend to go with the flow, and not cause any trouble for ourselves. But people working in the system must realize the stupidity and streamline the process. If the slip of paper is not accountable, you know it is useless. If that paper is to be of any use (of course they can harass you) in any follow up action, it must be filed and documented. The paper they collect at the airport is not verified, nor systematically saved.
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