tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341729382206275662.post2016997540329637498..comments2009-11-02T12:17:39.502-05:00Comments on Abakas: The Rest of the ProductCatherine Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459370385548771048noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341729382206275662.post-40529256560948460152009-11-02T12:12:52.386-05:002009-11-02T12:12:52.386-05:00It appears that "Walking Skeleton" is the metaphor...It appears that "Walking Skeleton" is the metaphor used to describe this approach: http://alistair.cockburn.us/Walking+skeletonJoe Grossberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355362807496413582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341729382206275662.post-78801226879654255532009-11-02T10:59:08.700-05:002009-11-02T10:59:08.700-05:00I agree. Deploy early and often (at least to test)...I agree. Deploy early and often (at least to test) is ideal. It doesn't happen as often as I'd like, though. So often it's easy to say, "well, there's nothing to see yet" and put it of until after we've built the next feature.Catherine Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459370385548771048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341729382206275662.post-23220745711684102372009-11-02T10:38:41.136-05:002009-11-02T10:38:41.136-05:00"So now that you've built the darn thing, it's tim..."So now that you've built the darn thing, it's time to think about:"<br /><br />I would say that this should be discussed before a line of code is written.<br /><br />Then, once you have a "Hello World" application, get that up on a live server, start it, monitor it, etc.<br /><br />I.e. fail *early*!<br /><br />Deployment, and its planning, shouldn't be saved for the tail end of the process.Joe Grossberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355362807496413582noreply@blogger.com