I am of the opinion that the software industry could improve by closer looking at the industry of producing physical goods. I have yet to conduct further research, but if you glance at it; Agile has been an idea since the 1940s over there; factors like longevity, safety, security directly influence quality of the product and its creation process. Also, greatly standardized methodologies, procedures, metrics (think: 6sigma, Lean).

The main challenge I see is that software development is not a commodity and cannot be as planned as a physical good.

It’s mostly a thought experiment right now and I value any opinion.