Re: Use change strategically was RE: [AM] Unfounded assertion

"J. B. Rainsberger" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.programming.modeling.agile
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Jonathan Kern wrote:

>>I was referring to speculation in the sense of anticipating change,
>>possibly with no actual sign that such change may be forthcoming.
> 
> Ahh. It is a fine line... You should properly model your system in the best
> manner possible for your known requirements. You can apply some guesswork
> about possible future direction. When doing so, this usually has the effect
> about swaying your design one way or another -- with little difference in
> current cost.

That is not my experience.

> If it costs you nothing to design one way that gives a probable future
> feature an easy time of coming to life in a least disruptive manner, this is
> a good thing. 

If I knew which features my customer really needed ahead of time, I'd 
quit, buy a lottery ticket and relax. Since my customer doesn't even 
know which features he'll need, what chance do I have?

(The implication is correct, but I doubt the hypothesis.)
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