Use change strategically was RE: [AM] Unfounded assertion

> /seems to be/ that Agile practitioners treat speculative design as a
> liability, whereas others treat speculative design as an asset.

Hmmm. I hope not. Maybe I misunderstand "speculative design?" Do you mean
inquisitive or speculative in the investment sense?

I view having an agile model and environment such that one can absorb and
react to change in a rapid manner.

-- jon



> -----Original Message-----
> From: J. B. Rainsberger [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 12:33 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [AM] Unfounded assertion
>
>
> Gaythorpe, Dagna wrote:
>
> <snip />
> > But we can (or, at least, I
> > can, and I don't think I am that unusual!) work out that if a field is
> > made up of compound data (like initials + surname, or quantity
> > multiplied by price to give net value), then someone is going
> to look at
> > it and want to get at the elements. (The price per unit.)
>
> On this the Agile community and those generally outside the Agile
> community disagree and will likely always disagree. One of the
> fundamental differences between Agile practitioners and everyone else
> /seems to be/ that Agile practitioners treat speculative design as a
> liability, whereas others treat speculative design as an asset.
>
> On an unrelated note, it is a commonly-held belief that one's home is an
> asset, even while there is a mortgage to be paid; whereas a minority of
> people view it as a liability until the mortgage is paid in full. I only
> mention this because the preceding paragraph made me think about it.
> Meditate on the potential analogy as you see fit.
> --
> J. B. Rainsberger,
> Diaspar Software Services
> http://www.diasparsoftware.com :: +1 416 791-8603
> Let's write software that people understand
>
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> at www.agilemodeling.com
>

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