Re: OOP - a question about database access

From: Steve Haigh <steve_a_haigh_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 15:25:04 +0000
Message-ID: <1qWdnYyiJ8XDizSiRVn-sw@giganews.com>

Bob Badour wrote:

> "Steve Haigh" <steve_a_haigh_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:nuqdnZDiqblDZzWi4p2dnA_at_giganews.com...
>

>>Alfredo Novoa wrote:
>>
>>
>>>RAD means that you can drag and drop visual controls in forms using
>>>the mouse, but you still can do all the rest typing code.
>>
>>This is common interpretation but it is not correct. RAD is Rapid
>>Application Development and is a development methodology based around
>>the idea of time-boxing development tasks and only delivering what can
>>be developed in that time box.

>
>
> Timebox management is an abdication of management. In my experience, it
> consists of trying to shove ten pounds of shit into a five pound bag. I
> refuse to work for timebox managers, and I would quit any organization that
> adopts the management technique.

I wasn't trying to promote or even defend it, I was just supplying the definition of RAD. Received on Wed Nov 05 2003 - 09:25:04 CST