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It really depends on what kind of software you're writing. Sure, startups writing web apps for casual users can have super short release cycles. But imagine "
by tsotha 15y ago
It really depends on what kind of software you're writing. Sure, startups writing web apps for casual users can have super short release cycles.
But imagine "agile" development for commercial airliner flight control software.
- SideburnsOfDoom 15y agoI can. I'm seeing automated tests. A whole lot of automated tests. Unit tests, performance tests, integration tests, executable specifications, tests with real hardware. I can be done; you have to optimize for what's important to the project at hand.
- wpietri 15y agoPeople have been doing it with medical devices, so I don't think it's impossible. I agree it would have to be done differently, but then avionics waterfall has to be done differently than order-entry systems waterfall, so that's nothing new.