Conclusion

The prevention tab is a simple addition to a defect tracking system that enables the team to gather defect prevention data from the developer working on the defect at the point of experience. The most knowledgeable person on an expert team for a root cause analysis study or failure modeling exercise is the developer working on the defects under study, so it makes perfect sense that their knowledge of the preventive techniques is the richest. The prevention tab provides a place for this information to be recorded. The “tab” can be implemented as an addition to the defect tracking system, or it can be as simple as a small process change to enable developers and testers to add more prevention information directly to the defect report. ...

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