Ross: The most deadly thing in software is the concept, which almost universally seems to be followed, that you are going to specify what you are going to do, and then do it. And that is where most of our troubles come from. The projects that are called successful, have met their specifications. But those specifications were based upon the designers’ ignorance before they started the job.
If you read the article once more I’m not advocating 100% waterfall, without the ability to apply change, I’m just exposing 100% Agile for what it is, which is pure madness … 😕
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Software Engineering (1968, p.21):
Kinslow: The design process is an iterative one…
Ross: The most deadly thing in software is the concept, which almost universally seems to be followed, that you are going to specify what you are going to do, and then do it. And that is where most of our troubles come from. The projects that are called successful, have met their specifications. But those specifications were based upon the designers’ ignorance before they started the job.
If you read the article once more I’m not advocating 100% waterfall, without the ability to apply change, I’m just exposing 100% Agile for what it is, which is pure madness … 😕