I don't know, Steve. Based on my understanding of XP, I don't think
it would really work that way. Because XP is so iterative, the
spec and the code are developed almost simultaneously.
You don't want to spend an 1600 man-hours building something, test
it two days later, and realize it doesn't work. You also don't want
100 different people coding 100 different ways, some of them
much more efficient than others. That's where patterns, refactoring,
and moving people around come in.
I'm not saying it's a bad idea. I just think what you're talking
about sounds more like waterfall than XP.
Patrick
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 1:32 PM
> To: Fusebox
> Subject: Re: Fwd: extreme programming
>
>
> Well my thinking is that the the 2 days would not actually begin until
> the specification was complete.
>
> Just like when building a house, you don't hire the contractor to build
> the house until the architect is finished drawing it.
>
> You'd be surprised at how fast you could build an application when it is
> down to that level of detail.
>
> Steve
>
> Todd Ashworth wrote:
> >
> > I don't know .. looking at this project, I can't easily
> envision it being
> > done in 1 to 2 days (it's rather ambitious). With 100 programmers and
> > database people .. maybe 2 weeks. I wish I had that many to
> try it. What a
> > trip that would be ;)
> >
> > Todd Ashworth --
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steve Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Fusebox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 11:16 PM
> > 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.
> > |
> > | Think about this... If an olympic sprinter could run their sprinting
> > | speed for a mile the world record would be under 3 minutes.
> > |
> > | The reason this hasn't been done is that the human body can't pump
> > | enough blood and suck in enough air. BUT! If the human body was
> > | redesigned to solve those problems, the 3 minute mile could
> be possible.
> > |
> > | I'm about halfway through this book for the second time and I'm
> > | realizing that almost all of these problems Mr. Brooks has come across
> > | could potentially be solved with a handful of very
> sophisticated project
> > | management tools and a standardized methodology which we have already
> > | developed.
> > |
> > | Steve
> >
> >
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