ODC - Orthogonal Defect Classification

Acknowledgments

ODC as a concept made significant strides since we could run pilots to experiment with the ideas in a real production environment. Thus, several people have been involved in putting this to practice, not all of whom can be individually named. We would like to mention a few people and some important milestones in its history. Lip Lim, the then development manager, at IBM's Mid-Hudson Valley Programming Lab recognized the ideas and promoted the very first pilots. Our efforts in applying ODC to cover the design area stemmed from our joint work with IBM's Santa Teresa Lab. Chris Byrne's untiring enthusiasm and Ron Peterson's pilot work gave us a head start in the lab where Tom Furey, the lab director, helped move ODC into production. During the initial stages of ODC development, our joint-program manager, Marge Schong, helped find avenues to bring ODC into the mainstream of IBM development. Also, our management team at Research, George Wang and Jeff Jaffe, provided a strong source of encouragement and support.

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