"Steve Haigh" <steve_a_haigh_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
Ask any three developers for a definition of RAD and you will get six
equally correct answers.
Received on Wed Nov 05 2003 - 11:45:25 CST
