RE: Waterfall and Dr. Winston Royce

I'm sure you couldn't convince this guy that going over Niagara Falls is such a bad idea...

 

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-Kevin.

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Henley [mailto:rhenley@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, 15 December 2002 2:44 PM
To: scrumdevelopment@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [scrumdevelopment] Waterfall and Dr. Winston Royce

Martin Fowler wrote:

> I often say that the only problem with waterfalls is when they are too
> large. It's reasonable to kayak the Rogue River, it isn't wise to Kayak
> over Niagara Falls

Which is exactly the point of lean production: small lot sizes work better.
And an excellent example; I laughed out loud. Thank you!
Robert Henley
Software Architect & Engineer


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