Re: Re: Sticking point

So said  Dale Emery <[email protected]>  on  12/14/2002 --------------------

>Hi Charlie,
>
>> In a shrinkwrap environment, there's generally a requirement that
>> the software run when installed on a newly set-up system with only
>> certain things on it. There's generally also a requirement for an
>> install program to do that setup.
>
>Yes, eventually.  This iteration?
>
>> So at least in that environment, I'm for creating the CD and running
>> the install as soon as it's available... and I think it's better to
>> have it available pretty early in the process.
>
>There's generally also a requirement for installation guides and user
>guides.  Are you for creating those at the earliest possible moment? 
>If not, what leads you to treat them differently from the install
>program and CD?

Installing the software is how one writes the installation manual, is it not? How can one write the manual without installing the software?

>> This is similar in concept to quickly developing a version of the
>> entire system that runs from beginning to end, but without some of
>> the detailed featurs. The installation process is also part of the
>> user experience and it really s*cks to get to the "end"  and find
>> out you don't have a way to install.
>
>Right.  So you offer that possibility to the Customer as soon as you
>think of it, and let the customer write a story and prioritize it. 
>What makes install different from any other story?

Let's remember that we're Agile, too. How Agile are we if we can't even get the software running on an arbitrary machine in just a few minutes? A Customer often doesn't know he needs it until he needs it: demo, presentation, the CEO wants it...

It's like the other XP practices: *we* need it, even if the Customer doesn't. It helps us do our job better.

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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