Wednesday, April 10, 2002

Picking a Ship Date One of the best reasons to make a detailed schedule is because it gives you an excuse to cut features. If there's no way to make the ship date and implement Bob's Singalong MP3 Chat feature, it's easy to cut that feature without making Bob feel bad.[Joel on Software] Real good advice on setting schedule and getting ready to deliver. Joel discusses some strategies for regular releases but his most salient point has to be PRIORITIZE. 9:48:32 PM     Scalability’s New Meaning Thought provoking article. evolt.org: “The funny thing was that many developers were finding that their applications were able to support greater demand than expected. So much more than expected, that managers were becoming less worried about the scalability of their applications and more worried about the scalability of their development teams. What caused this apparent change in attitude? A law that has governed the computer industry since its inception caused this change.” [ranchero.com] I wonder how this observation tests in the clients we serve. 9:21:12 PM

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