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Fred Brooks actually made a similar point in "The mythical man-month". "Plan to throw one away", ie. build it, throw it away, and rebuild with the knowledge gai
by haasted 18y ago
Fred Brooks actually made a similar point in "The mythical man-month". "Plan to throw one away", ie. build it, throw it away, and rebuild with the knowledge gained from building it the first time.
Update: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythical_man-month#The_Pilot_System http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythical_man-month#The_Pilot_Sy...
- omouse 18y agoBut Brooks changed his mind about it because it was assumed that the project would use the flawed waterfall process. So if you're using the right process, you can iterate and move back and forth between different stages (i.e. testing, specification design) easily, thus eliminating the need for re-writing from scratch.