Wireless Mesh Methodology

The wireless open-source methodology hasn’t been captured definitively in writing. Most open source’s methodology resides primarily in the informal legend, myth, and surrounding specific projects like wireless mesh. Open-source projects typically have sketchy requirements, no system-level design, little detailed design, virtually no design documentation, and no system-level testing. The emphasis on code-level peer review gives the typical open-source project a leg up on the average closed-source project, which uses little or no review. But considering how ineffective the average project is, comparing open-source projects to the "average" closed-source project is pointless.

Successful organizations use a combination of practices that produce better quality, shorter schedules, and lower development costs than average. They use a methodology that will bring success to their project; however, open-source ignores the upstream defect removal and emphasizing downstream defect correction. Open source’s is a step backwards. Such as the case of Code and Fix instead of forward to more efficient, early defect detection and correction. For wireless mesh to be successful a new methodology is required.