"The answer is, yes, the process does stifle creativity. [...] It's the process that offers a template for any creative enterprise that's looking for a method t

"The answer is, yes, the process does stifle creativity. [...] It's the process that offers a template for any creative enterprise that's looking for a method to produce consistent - and consistently improving -- quality." Come again?... "In the modern software environment, 80% of the cost of the software is spent after the software is written the first time -- they don't get it right the first time, so they spend time flogging it." I'd say most sofware cannot be gotten right the first time...