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Evolutionary Prototyping (Score:2)

by schwern (1528) on 2004.11.16 16:25 (#36049) Homepage Journal

Rapid Development [stevemcconnell.com] has some good summaries of several iterative programming practices including one called "Evolutionary Prototyping which can be thought of a "write one to not throw away". Its a method of starting off with a prototype and morphing it into a working product without having to throw it away. RD was written before things like XP and Refactoring were popular so they're not explicitly mentioned but they'd fit right in.
For a perfectionist who doesn't want to admit that their path is wrong, EP might be easier to swallow. They're not going in the wrong direction, they just need to bend a little...

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