Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Neville-Neil, George V.

Titel

When Should a Black Box Be Transparent?: When is a replacement not a replacement?

Ist Teil von

• ACM queue, 2022-04, Vol.20 (2), p.11-15

Ort / Verlag

New York, NY, USA: ACM

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Quelle

ACM Digital Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The right answer in these cases is to ask the vendor for as much information as possible to reduce the risk in accepting this so-called replacement. First, ask for the test plans and test output so you can understand whether they tested the component in a way that relates to your use case. Just because they tested the thing doesn't mean they tested all the parts your product cares about. In fact, it's unlikely they did. They may have tested just the parts that connect back to the API, rather than the edge cases that would come up when a component is changed in your system.