China Builds 30-Story Hotel In Just 15 Days

Re:China Builds 30-Story Hotel In Just 15 Days by teyc on Wednesday January 11, 2012 @05:04PM (#3453906)

There was an old news article talking about how this Chinese guy started a factory. He had a plot of land, and went out with a contractor, paper pad in hand, roughly drawing the outline of the factory, as well as where the offices were going to be.

Construction started two days later.

No approvals, no drafting, every decision was made on the fly. That's what I call agile.

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Re:China Builds 30-Story Hotel In Just 15 Days by learc83 on Wednesday January 11, 2012 @05:26PM (#3453994)

Agile indeed. It works with software b/c you can change it on the fly. Once you pour concrete and realize you made a mistake you're in for real problems.

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Re:China Builds 30-Story Hotel In Just 15 Days by teyc on Wednesday January 11, 2012 @08:19PM (#3454621)

I'm sure they'd have change in requirements, but that happens in any project. However, the obvious distinction here is there is no development application, or approvals from government. This is the wild west.

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