[lbhnact]

>I don't think anyone died as a result of a lack of proper collaboration and regulation in software development.

Come work in healthcare, you may change your mind.

In healthcare, a lack of domain expertise, rigor, collaboration, and regulation kills people every day. And inhibits our science. And is the root cause of billions a week in waste.

Yes, most web content and it's delivery we could do well, or be better off, without. But in many jobs, the software constrains or enables behaviors that have real consequences.

[dekhn]

When I worked in healthcare, every piece of software that interacted with a human in a healthcare related situation was extensively regulated. There was an enormous amount of documentation, change control, effort to change things (for example, updating the firmware was considered a major change to the system and had to be documented in detail).

Are you talking about research, rather than healthcare?