Plan to throw one away

Re:Plan to throw one away by t0rb3n on Tuesday December 15, 2015 @08:07AM (#10737532)

This is precisely not what Brooks meant by 'plan to throw one away'. Brooks point is, that you gather information while writing your prototype and incorporate the new-found knowledge into your second, hopefully sound, design.

Rees never learned anything new from the first system (what could he learn anyway, what he described sounds like a nightmare), but proceeded to implement it from scratch.

Funny thing, I'm reading 'The Mythical Man-Month' right now :D

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Re:Plan to throw one away by garethrees on Tuesday December 15, 2015 @09:37AM (#10737938)

Yes, you've spotted the irony in the title :)

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Re:Plan to throw one away by t0rb3n on Tuesday December 15, 2015 @12:32PM (#10739047)

Awesome read btw :>

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Re:Plan to throw one away by sp332 on Tuesday December 15, 2015 @09:40AM (#10737955)

Also, Brooks later said that if you can iterate your design over time, that's even better than "build one to throw away". This has been the focus of his more recent work like "The Design of Design".

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