Re:The software industry is going through the “disposable pl...
by Chris2048 on Saturday August 22, 2020 @09:44AM
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There are lots of laws and regulations around building to prevent e.g. bridges falling down.
So just remove them. Now buildings have gotten much cheaper to build, which means they have become way more affordable, and the types of businesses who need that kind of building are in heavy competition with each other and their problems and needs change at breakneck speed.
Failing that, keep the regulations, and apply more to software. The "needs" of business will change, and competition will move. "Slow-and-steady" needn't be glacial, and there's a lot between that and "breakneck speed".
Plus there is a difference between time it takes to deliver, and frequency of requirement collection - your example implies you get requirements/sign-off exactly once before final delivery (5 years later). If we contrast "final" delivery with intermediate releases - why are the requirements not re-evaluated at each release time? You can still have slow, steady development, with lots of feedback - there just has to be an understanding that software delivered long term should not be interfered with short term concerns.
So just remove them. Now buildings have gotten much cheaper to build, which means they have become way more affordable, and the types of businesses who need that kind of building are in heavy competition with each other and their problems and needs change at breakneck speed.
Failing that, keep the regulations, and apply more to software. The "needs" of business will change, and competition will move. "Slow-and-steady" needn't be glacial, and there's a lot between that and "breakneck speed".
Plus there is a difference between time it takes to deliver, and frequency of requirement collection - your example implies you get requirements/sign-off exactly once before final delivery (5 years later). If we contrast "final" delivery with intermediate releases - why are the requirements not re-evaluated at each release time? You can still have slow, steady development, with lots of feedback - there just has to be an understanding that software delivered long term should not be interfered with short term concerns.