http://www.digitalsanctum.com/2007/05/16/learning-from-poor-development-environments-and-processes/ software development, technology and other square topics Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:29:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.digitalsanctum.com/2007/05/16/learning-from-poor-development-environments-and-processes/#comment-1775 phil gibbs Thu, 17 May 2007 14:08:02 +0000 http://www.digitalsanctum.com/2007/05/16/learning-from-poor-development-environments-and-processes/#comment-1775 Haven't we all been there, or at least to some of these places in development purgatory. It's far too common and in many cases is driven by IT not being in control of their own domain. Instead, it's business, marketing driven, where commitments are made that cannot possibly be met by developers. So we compromise our professionalism. In one case I'm familiar with a company was spawned off from another company. The spawned company had to bring its product to market very quickly - so many corners were cut. Six years down the road, that product is still, after many iterations, still the principal product, and is being supported in the sort of environment described above - chaotic. It's a good thing aircraft and space-craft are built in the same way. Haven’t we all been there, or at least to some of these places in development purgatory. It’s far too common and in many cases is driven by IT not being in control of their own domain. Instead, it’s business, marketing driven, where commitments are made that cannot possibly be met by developers. So we compromise our professionalism.
In one case I’m familiar with a company was spawned off from another company. The spawned company had to bring its product to market very quickly - so many corners were cut. Six years down the road, that product is still, after many iterations, still the principal product, and is being supported in the sort of environment described above - chaotic.
It’s a good thing aircraft and space-craft are built in the same way.

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