Comments on: lib4code http://inkdroid.org/journal/2005/12/08/lib4code/ $pithy_personal_mission_statement Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:04:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Richard Akerman http://inkdroid.org/journal/2005/12/08/lib4code/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Richard Akerman Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:12:43 +0000 http://www.inkdroid.org/journal/?p=53#comment-18 Thanks, I'm glad the posting raised some useful points. The diagram is really there to show all the different roles and slices you can take as part of a systems development effort. It does look kind of waterfall-y, that was kind of a tradeoff. I think there is a whole separate software engineering discussion that you can have, and you have raised a lot of the important points (small teams, good communication etc.) In terms of actual development process I very much agree with you that you need to use an iterative, incremental, rapid design process. I wrote about one that CISTI has tried in "having a RAD time with GRAPPLE". http://scilib.typepad.com/science_library_pad/2005/02/software_develo.html I do believe as stated in that post that you need a strong requirements process and architecture in order to be able to do rapid development successfully. Thanks, I’m glad the posting raised some useful points. The diagram is really there to show all the different roles and slices you can take as part of a systems development effort. It does look kind of waterfall-y, that was kind of a tradeoff. I think there is a whole separate software engineering discussion that you can have, and you have raised a lot of the important points (small teams, good communication etc.) In terms of actual development process I very much agree with you that you need to use an iterative, incremental, rapid design process.

I wrote about one that CISTI has tried in “having a RAD time with GRAPPLE”.

http://scilib.typepad.com/science_library_pad/2005/02/software_develo.html

I do believe as stated in that post that you need a strong requirements process and architecture in order to be able to do rapid development successfully.

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