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There's a ludicrous aspect to software development, which is if you ask around about early uses of computers you'll run into lots of people doing critical path
by fidotron 3y ago
There's a ludicrous aspect to software development, which is if you ask around about early uses of computers you'll run into lots of people doing critical path analysis for other industries, yet we have persisted in pretending software development is somehow unique and does not actually work like this.
The whole idea humans should be prioritizing tasks has been wrong from the start, and indicates a lack of the right information in the system.
- crabmusket 3y agoAny helpful links to further reading on this? It sounds interesting. I'm sure some of the ludicroucity you're seeing is to do with the wide diversity of companies and industries software developers work in.
- ekianjo 3y agoCRitical path works well when you have a clear idea of how long tasks generally take. with software its much harder to evaluate the length of the work for something you implement for the first time.
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