I do it every time I sit down with a client over a prototype. Right down to
"can we put that button over there instead of down at the bottom?" It's just a
matter of leading them through how to decide what they want--just like your
architect helps you choose window designs.
- Jeff
On 5 Apr 2001, at 23:02, Michael Slatoff wrote:
> 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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