Re: Waterfall and Dr. Winston Royce

What would $5MM be in today's money? My guess is
around $150MM.

I'd say a 1000 page specification for a $150MM project
would be decidedly agile.

David
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David Anderson
http://www.uidesign.net/
The Webzine for Interaction Designers

--- "Ken Schwaber <ken.schwaber@xxxxxxxxxxx>"
<ken.schwaber@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Documentation - Dr. Royce, "My own view is quite a
lot...the first
rule of managing software development is ruthless
enforcement of
documentation requirements ... Management of software
is simply
impossible without a very high degree of
documentation." Dr. Royce
indicates that a 1000 page spec document is
appropriate for a $5m
project, mostly because "a verbal record is too
intangible."



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