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Fri Jan 12 2007

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Some great posts are already out there around the Big Question for January: Quality vs. Speed . You can find them listed in the post. One thing that is definitely clear from the posts so far is that there seems to be a really difference of opinion around:

Some great posts are already out there around the Big Question for January: Quality vs. Speed. You can find them listed in the post. One thing that is definitely clear from the posts so far is that there seems to be a really difference of opinion around:

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    While you may be able to reduce development time via rapid tools, can you speed up analysis and design and still maintain quality?

    While you may be able to reduce development time via rapid tools, can you speed up analysis and design and still maintain quality?

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    Does iteration work? When?

    Does iteration work? When?

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    If we didn't have constraints on time/cost, would we really be our own worst enemy?

    If we didn't have constraints on time/cost, would we really be our own worst enemy?

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    Is quality, speed, cost and learning really like sliders that as you push one up others must go down?

    Is quality, speed, cost and learning really like sliders that as you push one up others must go down?

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There also are quite a few questions that the responses raise in my mind that I'm still grappling with...

There also are quite a few questions that the responses raise in my mind that I'm still grappling with...

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    What do you do when you are in an organization that only wants low-quality, rapid - even if it only checks the box? In other words, do you fight What the Client Wants ? (see also Wendy's comments)

    What do you do when you are in an organization that only wants low-quality, rapid - even if it only checks the box? In other words, do you fight What the Client Wants? (see also Wendy's comments)

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    When is SME (or end-user) produced content with rapid tools the right answer?

    When is SME (or end-user) produced content with rapid tools the right answer?

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I plan to do another couple of posts on this topic and related topics, but this has been pretty interesting already.

I plan to do another couple of posts on this topic and related topics, but this has been pretty interesting already.

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