Review of A seat at the table
I’ve just read a classic. Mark my words - we will mention, refer to and hear a lot about Mark Schwartz great book "A seat at the table".
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I’ve just read a classic. Mark my words - we will mention, refer to and hear a lot about Mark Schwartz great book "A seat at the table".
Source: www.marcusoft.net
If you’re into agile and lean this is of course not new, in fact you could say that it’s common sense to, but in fact the longer you wait the more work you create. Waiting creates extra work, if you like that better.
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When I was asked "When are you done?" I would have answered "In 670 hours" if I’ve used the data we had at hand. This was wrong. But (and this may come as a surprise) if I answered that question two weeks later I would have answered "In 2074 hours" and I’d also be wrong.... So when could I’ve been right? Never! And that is because Software development is a learning process more than anything else. You uncover more and more of the complexities of the project as you go.
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OK – what would be the equivalent to "No dry holes!" in the Software business... Well that’s easy: "No more bugs!" Here is my postcard from the future: It’s wonderful over here. The code we’re writing is matching the requirements and doesn’t contain any errors. Also the customer is always satisfied with all our releases. Finally the application runs like a dream – it hasn’t been down in two years... And now I can almost hear you all: "That cannot be done!", "It’s just ridiculous", "Haha – well get back to the real world, for a while!".
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