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I'm reading a new book. Let me summarize:
Ok, here's a fun idea. Come up with a design book that doesn't criticize the waterfall model, but criticizes some other $foo technique instead, or come up with a book from within the last decade that actually thinks the waterfall model is still a good idea.
I'm reading a new book. Let me summarize:
$foo is awesome. It will help you get your projects done on time and on budget. Traditional software projects fail because they don't use $foo. The people who do manage to deliver software on time and on budget only do so because they are heroic programmers. Their process is actually fighting against them. They should use $foo instead. Traditional software projects fail because they deliver the wrong features too late. This is because they use the waterfall approach to software design instead of using $foo. If you use $foo, you'll deliver your software on time and on budget, you'll have fewer bugs, and you'll have fun doing it!Like, gag me with a spoon! Books been coming up with new approaches, making the same promises, and criticizing the same waterfall model since the '70s!
Ok, here's a fun idea. Come up with a design book that doesn't criticize the waterfall model, but criticizes some other $foo technique instead, or come up with a book from within the last decade that actually thinks the waterfall model is still a good idea.
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by Matt Stephens & Doug Rosenberg
There was another one I cannot remember..