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The Quick and Easy Way to Analyze Numpy Arrays

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The quickest and easiest way to analyze NumPy arrays is by using the numpy.array() method. This method allows you to quickly and easily analyze the values contained in a numpy array. This method can also be used to find the sum, mean, standard deviation, max, min, and other useful analysis of the value contained within a numpy array. Sum You can find the sum of Numpy arrays using the np.sum() function.  For example:  import numpy as np  a = np.array([1,2,3,4,5])  b = np.array([6,7,8,9,10])  result = np.sum([a,b])  print(result)  # Output will be 55 Mean You can find the mean of a Numpy array using the np.mean() function. This function takes in an array as an argument and returns the mean of all the values in the array.  For example, the mean of a Numpy array of [1,2,3,4,5] would be  result = np.mean([1,2,3,4,5])  print(result)  #Output: 3.0 Standard Deviation To find the standard deviation of a Numpy array, you can use the NumPy std() function. This function takes in an array as a par

2 Root Causes for Defects in Software Development

Root causes

Miscommunication


Miscommunication is a common factor, which can be defined as inaccurate statements or information missing that is required for the action to be done successfully. This miscommunication ends up in the documentation or verbal communication that occurs.

Instead of spending time to make sure everything is accurate, statements are made that are untrue or unclear. When this occurs at the beginning of the change process the bad information continues down through the process. Decisions and design are made based on it. 


At some point it gets realized that the information is bad and a defect is created. In the common project process that could be classified as linear, most defects are not found until in the later phase of development and unit testing has started.

Process Defects


This would be similar to a defect a machine makes in manufacturing. Even though the input is accurate, the process itself causes a defect to occur. 


The original process was prone to defects no matter how careful the work was done. Randomly at some point in time a widget would not be created correctly. When the process was changed to reduce the number of handoffs and some steps were moved around, the possibility of creating a defect was reduced.

This same concept occurs with processes. 


As processes add more handoffs and complexity, the process itself is introducing more spots in which a defect can occur, which increases the possibility of defects occurring. 


It becomes a catch 22 in that when companies have issues with the number of defects, they create more complex processes to try to stop them from happening. 


By doing this they only add to the problem. The defects initially do go down, but it's only because of the amount of additional resources and the priority given to the defects. 



Once both resources and priority are moved to other things, then the defect counts go back up and might even increase because with the more complex process there are more spots in which a defect might occur.

It would be wonderful if processes could be made to eliminate all defects, but they don't. There is always some unique situation—whether machine or human—that will always create a defect. Attaining zero defects in most situations is impossible. 


The best that can be done is to greatly reduce the risk of having a defect. This is not to say that each defect does not need to be analyzed, but every defect does not need to be resolved. 


For system-generated ones it might not be monetarily feasible to make changes to eliminate them from happening. Even Six Sigma addresses this by originally stating that the quality goal is to obtain 3.4 defect parts per million (PPM) opportunities. 


It would be impossible and also very costly to attempt to obtain a defect ratio of 0.00. W. Edwards Deming's point #3 states that processes need to be created so that instead of opening up the possibility of defects occurring they will eliminate defects. 


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