Comments on: Benefits of ‘always in beta’ http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/08/benefits-of-always-in-beta/ Where TV Finds the Future Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:15:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Bonnie Aumann http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/08/benefits-of-always-in-beta/#comment-520023 Bonnie Aumann Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:58:40 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/08/benefits-of-always-in-beta/#comment-520023 Especially in Agile Development, you find just this sort of thinking. You get leaders in the field like Martin Fowler saying, "Don’t spend a lot of time aiming. Just fire…In this age of Web 2.0 (TM)… there is this culture of just give the product to the customer. Then see how they use it. Ship the product, then gather the requirements. The opposite of the traditional process. Fire, aim, fire, aim. As long as the bullets are cheap." In media and software, tracer bullets seem more effective than developing the perfect scope. Especially in Agile Development, you find just this sort of thinking. You get leaders in the field like Martin Fowler saying, “Don’t spend a lot of time aiming. Just fire…In this age of Web 2.0 (TM)… there is this culture of just give the product to the customer. Then see how they use it. Ship the product, then gather the requirements. The opposite of the traditional process. Fire, aim, fire, aim. As long as the bullets are cheap.”

In media and software, tracer bullets seem more effective than developing the perfect scope.

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