Alistair Cockburn
Posted at 3:56pm on Tuesday, January 31st, 2006It’s a real shame that this guy makes such a fuss about his name at the beginning of what is actually quite a well written article. Silly boy. Anyway. If you can get over the desire to shout “COCK BURN” at the top of your voice give this a read.
Of particular interest (at least to me) is the concept of the Declaration Milestone. A statement of the obvious, yes, but not one I’d heard so neatly encapsulated before or seen any formal rigour around.
That and the statements about incomplete communication and game theory makes this an article worth reading just to remember exactly how hard software development really can be to get right.
