Wow, when you can get a client to be as specific about
the application as an architect would be about his/hre
design on a house I'll be impressed. :P
--- Steve Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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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