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Spiking the Architecture: The Foundation of Iteration

Posted August 17, 1999 | Technology | Amplify

At a recent conference, I had an interesting discussion with a manager about iterative development practices. As we discussed the advantages/disadvantages of the approach, he summarized his position as follows. "You know, I don't really see anything different in this new, iterative style of development. We've always iterated. Still do. We start with a simple entity-relationship diagram and refine it through successive meetings until we get it right. Then we move to design and continually refine our design until it is right.

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Luke Hohmann
Luke Hohmann is a management consultant committed to coaching his clients to greater levels of performance in the areas of product development, project management, system architecture, and organizational engineering. Mr. Hohmann is the author of Journey of the Software Professional: The Sociology of Computer Programming and Beyond Software Architecture: Creating and Sustaining Winning Solutions , of which Cutter Consortium Senior Consultant… Read More
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