Is There a Failure Budget?

Jeffrey Gwynne: I think the idea that some amount of error residual error that's left over because you've spent your budget to get right enough is actually a good thing. If anybody on your team talks about best practices shut them down and don't let them use that word anymore, he says. He adds if people are trying to get that high level of control that make sure that there are no errors they're chasing a ghost it doesn't really exist. The book is now in Korean and Chinese believe it or not so we'd like to hear has it been translated as well.