Re: NetBeans: No longer working backwards?

On 22-4-2011 15:18, Tom Wheeler wrote:
> While I realized it was Jarda who added the press releases in the
> Wiki, I didn't know that it was "just Jarda" instead of "Jarda on
> behalf of the NetBeans Team" which is why I asked the question here
> instead of e-mailing him directly.  He did explain earlier in the
> thread why he stopped publishing them, then noted that this reminded
> him to write one for what he is working on for 7.1.
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> Now that 7.0 is released and work on 7.1 is starting, I want to ask if
> others on the NetBeans team also believe in the "Working Backwards"
> approach.  Is someone going from the NetBeans team going to write a
> press release in the style Jarda describes in his book.  If not, why
> not?
>
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http://wiki.netbeans.org/WinSys71PressRelease

Gj

> On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 6:50 AM, David Strupl <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> On 21.4.2011 21:26, Tom Wheeler wrote:
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>>> However, I was not able to find one for NetBeans 7.0, nor have I see
>>> one for NetBeans 7.1.  I thought "working backwards" was a good way to
>>> plan features and to communicate this information to interested people
>>> -- it was in the "Teamwork" chapter after all -- so I am curious why
>>> this approach seems to be abandoned.
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>> As Geertjan pointed out all what you mentioned was Jarda's private
>> initiative. You have to ask him why he stopped - maybe he just forgot to sit
>> and write it down or did not have time yet to publish it.
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>> Br,
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>> David
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