Sounds a lot like "Agile". :-) But then Steve Jobs made a fortune building things people didn't know they wanted. :-)
-jc- > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of John McKown > > Too good not to pass to this group. > > Preach it, Brother! > > <quote> > ... > Quickly getting something in front of the people that will actually use it is > a great idea. It means > you waste less time building something they don’t actually want. But I look > around the industry today > and I get worried. > Don’t get me wrong – I see brilliant people shipping brilliant, innovative > software. But I also see a > lot of us using half-baked technologies to shove half-assed software out the > door. > ... > </quote> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dave Jones <d...@vsoft-software.com> > Date: Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 9:20 AM > Subject: Shipping Culture Is Hurting Us, or what's wrong with I.T. > development > To: ib...@listserv.uark.edu > > > A good read, imho: > > http://bitbashing.io/2015/02/16/shipping-culture.html > > Have a good one, too. > > --- > Dave Jones > V/Soft Software > www.vsoft-software.com > Houston, TX > 281.578.7544 > > -- > He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. > > 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > lists...@listserv.ua.edu > with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ********************************************************************** Information contained in this e-mail message and in any attachments thereto is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this message, delete any copies held on your systems, notify the sender immediately, and refrain from using or disclosing all or any part of its content to any other person. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN