Hanania, what scientific methods would you propose to evaluate competing software development perspectives? BTW, I think Fleck's "Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact" is far more relevant to the discussion of method adoption than Kuhn's. - Nick -- Nick V. Flor, PhD Associate Professor, Information Systems Anderson School of Management University of New Mexico [EMAIL PROTECTED]
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Hanania Salzer Sent: Sat 10/6/2007 2:45 AM To: discuss@ppig.org Subject: RE: PPIG discuss: When agile goes bad.... Errol, you say that in the debate over agile methods some people fail to put aside their "own paradigm blinkers and seek to find maybe another framework for evaluating the solution". To continue along your line, I would add that both normal science and revolutionary science use the same rigor. Therefore, we have two issues here. (May I mention that my research revolves around occasional failure to identify and separate among issues...) - One is openness to the possibility that there are "other, equally valid and possibly challenging perspectives". - Another one is, that the alternative, potential perspectives should not be based on anecdotes alone, but mostly on scientific methods, which are, in this case, empiric ones. I presume that this segregation is in line with Kuhn's SSR. Hanania Salzer, Tel-Aviv University, School of Education CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE "This e-mail, including all attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited unless specifically provided for under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this message. Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Anderson School at UNM." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PPIG Discuss List (discuss@ppig.org) Discuss admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/discuss Announce admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/announce PPIG Discuss archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/
