Re: agile development and frameworks


"Ilja Preuß" <it@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Mike Gaab wrote:
>> "Ilja Preuß" <it@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> Mike Gaab wrote:
>>>
>>>> My tendency is to use those things that I already know
>>>> work. I am always looking for a better way but if I have something
>>>> that is
>>>> sufficient, I
>>>> usually go with it.
>>>
>>> That reduces the risk of getting a solution that is worse than the
>>> known one, but also has the risk of not finding that revolutionary
>>> better solution your competitor might find. Those two risks need to
>>> be balanced, and I think finding that balance isn't trivial. And
>>> it's even a recursive problem, because you have to decide wether to
>>> go with the balance you are used to, or try to shift it a bit to see
>>> what happens... One way to shift the balance is to find ways to make
>>> experimentation
>>> more safe, so that you aren't screwed up when it fails. Techniques
>>> to do that include spikes (controlled, time boxed experiments),
>>> having Slack, keeping your options open so that you can switch to a
>>> known-to-be-good solution, trying different approaches in parallel,
>>> etc.
>>
>> Well I don't see myself implementing the entire agile process anytime
>> soon.
>
> I'm confused. Did anything of what I said imply to you that you had too?
>

LOL.
Don't be confused. I was just thinking out loud.

Thanks for your responses.

Mike



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