ALMA software releases versus quality management: and the winner is...

Erik Allaert; Moreno Pasquato; Rubén Soto

doi:10.1117/12.2232647

8 August 2016 ALMA software releases versus quality management: and the winner is...

Erik Allaert, Moreno Pasquato, Rubén Soto

Proceedings Volume 9911, Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy VII; 99110R (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232647
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

After its inauguration and the formal completion of the construction phase, the software development effort at the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) continues at roughly the same level as during construction – gradually adding capabilities as required by and offered to the scientific community. In the run-up to a new yearly Observing Cycle several software releases have to be prepared, incorporating this new functionality. However, the ALMA observatory is used on a daily basis to produce scientific data for the approved projects within the current Observing Cycle, and also by engineering teams to extend existing capabilities or to diagnose and fix problems – so the preparation of new software releases up to their deployment competes for resources with all other activities. Testing a new release and ensuring its quality is of course fundamental, but can on the other hand not monopolize the observatory's resources or jeopardize its commitments to the scientific community.

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Erik Allaert, Moreno Pasquato, and Rubén Soto "ALMA software releases versus quality management: and the winner is...", Proc. SPIE 9911, Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy VII, 99110R (8 August 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232647

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