On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Jordan Clarke <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Hassan Schroeder wrote in post #1146832: > > On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 7:00 AM, Jordan Clarke <li...@ruby-forum.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Matt and Sam have never met nor worked with each other. They don't even > >> know each other exists. Can my web app project be completed with Matt > >> completing front-end and sending the completed HTML/CSS templates to Sam > >> (who would then go on to implement back-end)? > > > > Sounds like classic waterfall development. > > > > Can it be completed? Sure. Will it be as good as if the involved > > parties were developing it cooperatively and iteratively? Almost > > certainly not. > > > > Why would you want to do this? > > > > -- > > Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.schroe...@gmail.com > > http://about.me/hassanschroeder > > twitter: @hassan > > I wouldn't say it's completely waterfall development. I think only the > initial phase would be considered waterfall- that is, until version 1 of > the product is complete. From there, we'd continue evolving the product > and reiterating after constant feedback and information from users. > > For me, absolutely the best is full collaboration between them, and whoever is setting requirements, the whole way. Isolation and specialization is what leads to misunderstandings, incompatibilities, requires many re-dos and such. Treating the developers as complete black boxes that have no communication except their outputs is a recipe for a crappy product, unhappy developers, really unhappy customers, and probably your last management gig. (okay, that's overblown, but you get the point?) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/CAHUC_t9veUHqyM852Aw_CkHxX%3DebcJ2Z_Ch3bBJQeK-KuURDmA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
