Re: OOP - a question about database access

"Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_golden.net> might (or might not) have written this on (or about) Wed, 5 Nov 2003 09:44:11 -0500, :

>"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.

There are two interpretations of time-box management. One is as you described above, and is moronic. The other, which works much better, is to measure how much gets done in each time box, and use that to estimate how long the project will take.

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