Comments on: More Faster Now culture http://www.josephyiptong.com/2007/09/18/more-faster-now-culture/ My existence in the virtual world Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:08:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Vince Poscente http://www.josephyiptong.com/2007/09/18/more-faster-now-culture/#comment-18449 Vince Poscente Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:09:29 +0000 http://www.josephyiptong.com/2007/09/18/more-faster-now-culture/#comment-18449 Joseph... Thank you for your comments. With the book just being launched, I find that there are two camps. People who hang on to their beliefs and people who allow their beliefs to be tested (maybe even altered). The age of speed we live in will be the great shake out I believe. We will be tested on many levels to embrace speed; to harness it. Or stick our head in the sand and hope it goes away. May we live in interesting times is a Chinese saying that comes to mind... Vince Poscente (author of The Age of Speed) Joseph… Thank you for your comments. With the book just being launched, I find that there are two camps. People who hang on to their beliefs and people who allow their beliefs to be tested (maybe even altered). The age of speed we live in will be the great shake out I believe. We will be tested on many levels to embrace speed; to harness it. Or stick our head in the sand and hope it goes away.

May we live in interesting times is a Chinese saying that comes to mind… Vince Poscente (author of The Age of Speed)

]]> By: Olivier http://www.josephyiptong.com/2007/09/18/more-faster-now-culture/#comment-18376 Olivier Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:10:46 +0000 http://www.josephyiptong.com/2007/09/18/more-faster-now-culture/#comment-18376 In software, there's a 4th dimension: scope. Scope is either the amount of features/capabilities supported or how complicated the product is going to be. Software development's bottleneck in general is the capacity of the human brain to think abstractly about something that doesn't exist. We cannot easily perceive all pitfalls laying ahead even with much experience, nor can we define timelines as accurately as other engineering endeavors. Your rule of balancing the variables still holds, but at least in the software development field. In software, there’s a 4th dimension: scope.

Scope is either the amount of features/capabilities supported or how complicated the product is going to be. Software development’s bottleneck in general is the capacity of the human brain to think abstractly about something that doesn’t exist. We cannot easily perceive all pitfalls laying ahead even with much experience, nor can we define timelines as accurately as other engineering endeavors.

Your rule of balancing the variables still holds, but at least in the software development field.

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