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The Nature of Software Development
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The Nature of Software Development

by Ron Jeffries
February 2015
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
178 pages
3h 15m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Chapter 5Planning Feature by Feature

Things go best with frequent releases of software. Value grows faster and better. Management gets visible progress at short intervals. Development works best with small, clear objectives.

The product “vision,” however, starts with big, grand ideas, vague yet enticing. Vision is about big ideas, not tiny bites.

How can we move from our grand product ideas down to those detailed features we need for the best visibility and control?

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Planning is indispensable.

General Eisenhower said, “Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” We do really need to think deeply about our product, not just at the beginning ...

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