http://ntschutta.com/jat/2005/12/21/what-if/ Just A Thought...on Ajax, usability, software development and anything else that catches my fancy. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:03:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://ntschutta.com/jat/2005/12/21/what-if/#comment-109 ntschutta.com » Blog Archive » What Can You do Without? Tue, 21 Feb 2006 02:39:33 +0000 http://ntschutta.com/jat/2005/12/21/what-if/#comment-109 [...] I’ve touched on this before, but the next time someone says “what if a customer wants to do…” reply it just doesn’t matter. The hardest part of software isn’t figuring out what the system has to do - it’s determining what you can do without. When all else fails, keep it simple already (via Presentation Zen). [...] […] I’ve touched on this before, but the next time someone says “what if a customer wants to do…” reply it just doesn’t matter. The hardest part of software isn’t figuring out what the system has to do - it’s determining what you can do without. When all else fails, keep it simple already (via Presentation Zen). […]

]]> http://ntschutta.com/jat/2005/12/21/what-if/#comment-99 ntschutta.com » Blog Archive » Cut the Fat Thu, 09 Feb 2006 01:43:10 +0000 http://ntschutta.com/jat/2005/12/21/what-if/#comment-99 [...] A while back, I wrote about two of the most dangerous words in the programing world - what if. Like many before me, I’ve been on teams that were stuck in analysis paralysis before and I can’t tell you how many meetings I’ve attended that quickly devolved when people started tossing out loaded phrases like “well, I could see a customer doing…” or “you know, I think it’d be nice if…” Hey, I’ve been guilty of gold plating from time to time, but I’ve grown - I fully accept YAGNI in my life. Now, along with a blood sacrifice, I demand living breathing proof that we need to implement a feature…who am I kidding, I don’t have that kind of clout. [...] […] A while back, I wrote about two of the most dangerous words in the programing world - what if. Like many before me, I’ve been on teams that were stuck in analysis paralysis before and I can’t tell you how many meetings I’ve attended that quickly devolved when people started tossing out loaded phrases like “well, I could see a customer doing…” or “you know, I think it’d be nice if…” Hey, I’ve been guilty of gold plating from time to time, but I’ve grown - I fully accept YAGNI in my life. Now, along with a blood sacrifice, I demand living breathing proof that we need to implement a feature…who am I kidding, I don’t have that kind of clout. […]

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