Re: Two persons per product"

["Leif Svalgaard" <leif@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Brad Jensen <brad@elstore.com>
> > The design is what comes before the source code. Some people
> > don't have any design, they start writing code right away.
> > The execution of the design is writing the source code,
> > that is: transforming the design ideas into executable reality.
>
> If you are a good programmer the design and the coding are
> interactive and synergistic. Any design that survives the coding
> unscathed is a trivial design, it is really just ordering form a
> menu.

This may be true for small programs, but is false for large
projects (with, say, 500 programs). The discussion does
not lead anywhere because most people are too emotional
about it. Many smaller shops work in a way that does not
scale up (and most shops are happy about this, some even
proud of it).