creationism
Oren Tirosh
oren@hishome.net
Fri, 3 Aug 2001 09:05:40 +0300
creationism n.
The (false) belief that large, innovative software designs can be
completely specified in advance and then painlessly magicked out of
the void by the normal efforts of a team of normally talented
programmers. In fact, experience has shown repeatedly that good
designs arise only from evolutionary, exploratory interaction
between one (or at most a small handful of) exceptionally able
designer(s) and an active user population -- and that the first try
at a big new idea is always wrong. Unfortunately, because these
truths don't fit the planning models beloved of management, they are
generally ignored.
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