Brenda, I did check it out, and it is interesting, but I still wonder if 3
years later, when the business requirements change, if anyone from the
original team will a) be there, and b) remember all the intricacies of the
design decisions made, and c) be part of the new team to modify the original
stuff. Of course, the 'agile' concept does have a 'design' phase, which to
me would mean developing the spec from the user's requests, which I write
and save so that 3 years later, when I get called back and asked how to
change something, I can hit the ground running rather than reading all the
code again.
I look forward to hearing back from you in a few years on how well this
works in the real world!
Susan Lynch
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brenda Price" <bren...@marketamerica.com>
To: "U2 Users List" <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org>
Sent: 10/14/2009 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: [U2] Unibasic: Sample Program
Well, when our company gets this fully implemented. You can count over
250 Highlander's Immortals on the list!
Seriously, check out "agile" and "scrum", it is interesting.
Brenda L Price
UniVerse Programmer
Rapid Response Team
Market America, Inc.
Greensboro, NC
-----Original Message-----
From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-
boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Susan Lynch
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 3:26 PM
To: U2 Users List
Subject: Re: [U2] Unibasic: Sample Program
Ah, it must be lovely to know that you will live forever and will
never
become ill or incapable of working... Eventually, if the company does
not
go out of business, or their business needs change so much that all
your
code is obsolete, somebody else will have to figure out how the system
works.
A good spec turns into good documentation, which (properly maintained
through all the ensuing changes to the system for the changing needs
of
the
users, of course) is a blessing to the person who follows you.
Sounds like we have at least 2 of Highlander's Immortals on the list!
;-)
Susan Lynch
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brutzman, Bill" <bi...@hkmetalcraft.com>
To: "U2 Users List" <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org>
Sent: 10/14/2009 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: [U2] Unibasic: Sample Program
>
> John's world is similar to my world here. When I realized that I
would
> be the only person reading the specs, I stopped writing to myself.
At
> the risk of no longer being a professional dinosaur, I learned that
some
> people call it "agile".
>
> Check out... Eckhart Tolle's book "The Power of Now".
>
> --B
>
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