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<DIV><FONT face="Century Schoolbook" size=2>Sometimes there is a better way of
packing the blocks into the box. This is why I, not my wife, always packs the
car.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Century Schoolbook" size=2>-Warren Agin</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=colet@code-energy.com href="mailto:colet@code-energy.com">Cole
Tuininga</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=david@thekramers.net
href="mailto:david@thekramers.net">David Kramer</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=discuss@blu.org
href="mailto:discuss@blu.org">discuss@blu.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 05, 2002 8:33
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Interesting article on the
software development process</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 21:40, David Kramer
wrote:<BR>><BR>> <QUOTE><BR>> 13) A schedule is like wood
blocks. If you have a bunch of wood blocks, <BR>> and you can't fit them
into a box, you have two choices: get a bigger box, <BR>> or remove some
blocks. If you thought you could ship in 6 months, but you <BR>> have 12
months on the schedule, you are either going to have to delay <BR>>
shipping, or find some features to delete. You just can't shrink the <BR>>
blocks, and if you pretend you can, then you are merely depriving yourself
<BR>> of a useful opportunity to actually see into the future by lying to
<BR>> yourself about what you see
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