[MUD-Dev] Re: Analysis and specification - the dirty words o

["Jon A. Lambert" <jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com>]

On 26 Jun 98, J C Lawrence wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 22:20:04 -5 
> Jon A Lambert<jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> > I was recently browsing this tome, which appears to be about
> > patterns that do not lend themselves to good design, when I was
> > rudely thrown out of the bookstore before I could memorize the
> > author's name.  
> 
> The CUJ reviewer is fairly positive about the book.  Note however that
> the patterns in question are not algorithmic but developmental.  The
> question is how to recognise development processes and states that are
> doomed (we've all been there) ahead of time, and then realising the
> pattern that fits the character of the failure, avert or minimise
> disaster.
> 

I was forced to purchase this book to renew my browsing without 
interference priviledges and I find it an excellent tom and an easy 
read.  

However, I find that I may be suffering from varioius degrees of 
Analysis Paralysis,  Death by Planning and Ambiguous Viewpoint.
<sigh> 

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