That actually sounds like a great idea. Maybe Alan has seen a glimpse of the
future....
-george
>From: "McCollough, Alan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: Fusebox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: Fwd: extreme programming
>Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 08:05:41 -0800
>
>Imagine a world where instead of daytraders, you have daycoders. You get
>the
>specs for one single CF template, read 'em, code it, and turn it back in an
>hour. And cha-ching, you get a hundred bucks. Or mabye fifty. Or if Hal's
>Filipino friends lock in on this action, you'll get a dollar and fifty
>cents. Hm, what's the Filipino peso trading at this morning?
>
>Anyhow, yes, I can see that if indeed a solid "black-box" protocol is
>developed, where a coder could pick up a spec and return a completed CF
>template, an automated service such as something running on
>www.secretagents.com could indeed broker out CF template development in a
>check-in, check-out paradigm, combined with a competitive bidding
>structure.
>
>As a coder, you would register with the service in a fashion similar to
>EBAY.
>As a code architect looking for coders, you would submit complete code
>specs
>to the server, and you would have the $$$ for payout in i-escrow, or some
>other on-line escrow account. Along with the code specs there would be a
>maximum payout for each code block, which I define as a single or group of
>related CF templates that will need to be coded up. These will be treated
>as
>a logical unit, with a dollar value, and a time constraint.
>
>There would be a disclosure period, say 1 week, where prospective coders
>could bid on specific components. The bidding would start at the fixed max,
>and be a downward bid, with lowest bid winning.
>
>At the end of the disclosure period, the winners get an access code, and
>they check out their chunks and start coding. If it should happen that not
>all of the code chunks sold, the code architect will have the opportunity
>to
>cancel the entire project, or re-list it again, with perhaps an increased
>max payout. Of course, any additional $$$ will have to be uploaded to the
>i-escrow account.
>
>During the code phase, the coder can upload their code chunk to the app
>server so it can be hooked up to the test harness and verified.
>
>If the coder succedes in producing validated code in the time limit, the
>money is unlocked from i-escrow, with of course a 10% skim off the top for
>whoever writes this wonderful code brokerage app. If the coder fails, the
>code architect is given the opportunity to allow the coder some slack, or
>to
>ban that coder from bidding on any further projects for that architect.
>Imagine the thumbs-up, thumbs-down in the gladitorial arena, if you will.
>
>So, in this environment, a freelance coder would register with the service,
>and just sit at home and bid on pieces of projects. Because of the
>code-chunk paradigm here, you would get that wonderful parallel coding
>phenom where instead of one human coding for a thousand hours, you get a
>hundred folks coding for 10 hours each.
>
>Say, maybe I should quit workin' for Uncle Sam and do this on my own...
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steve Nelson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 7:17 PM
> > To: Fusebox
> > Subject: Re: Fwd: extreme programming
> >
> > i want to take your 2 month development time down to 1-2 days (after the
> > specification is complete). This would be done by having anywhere from
> > 1-100 Fusecoders on the project. According to the mythical man month,
> > this isn't possible because adding manpower to a project won't speed up
> > development. Common sense tells me that it's because no has figured out
> > how to linearly manage people.
> {redacted}
>
>
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