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Errors, Mistakes, and Awareness, Part 4: Moving from Error Detection to Prevention

by Patrick O'Beirne

In the first three parts of this Advisor series (see "Errors, Mistakes, and Awareness, Part 1: Errors and Mistakes," 16 August 2006, "Errors, Mistakes, and Awareness, Part 2: The Cost of Failures," 30 August 2006, and "Errors, Mistakes, and Awareness, Part 3: Paying the Most for Errors," 20 September 2006), I analyzed the causes and costs of human error in software. In this final installment, I discuss what we can learn from it and what we can do about it.

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Errors, Mistakes, and Awareness, Part 4: Moving from Error Detection to Prevention18 October 2006

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