RE: Re: Sticking point

So said  Charlie Poole  on  12/14/2002 --------------------

>Dale,
>
>> > There's a clue in that last paragraph: if I don't ship the software
>> > to the customer every iteration, how do I get feedback on the
>> > running system?
>> 
>> Invite the customer to your machine.
>
>I can imagine software that runs on my machine and not yours.
>
>Just kidding, we don't have to imagine that, it happens all the time!

I hadn't thought about that. Think of the entire classes of problems whose solutions I can defer because it only has to work on my machine or in the bullpen. Likely all the machines in the bullpen are the same, anyhow.

If XP is about finding problems quickly, then we need to do what it takes to find problems quickly, if we can. (That is, have the opportunity and know how.)

J. B. Rainsberger,
President, Diaspar Software Services
Let's write software that people understand.
http://www.diasparsoftware.com/
telephone: +1 416 791-8603
All correspondence (c) 2002 Diaspar Software Services.
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