The End Of Software - Anibal's Blog

Sometimes It's difficult to introduce the need of a checklist. At the end, it's a simple list of steps. The greatest sin is the question: How can I forget X? So, the real mistake is when we fail to recognize that we use to forget a step in any procedure. I've read this very inspirational article The Checklist, by Atul Gawande about the need of checklists in medicine. Some excerpts: An investigation revealed that nothing mechanical had gone wrong. The crash had been due to “pilot error,” the report said. Substantially more complex than previous aircraft, the new plane required the pilot to attend to the four engines, a retractable landing gear, new wing flaps, electric trim tabs that needed adjustment to maintain control at different airspeeds, and constant-speed propellers whose pitch had to be regulated with hydraulic controls, among other features. While doing all this, Hill had forgotten to release a new locking mechanism on the elevator and rudder controls. The Boeing model...