Comments on: Software development is like golf … http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2009/01/19/software-development-golf-analogy/ Essays on the Continuous Delivery of High Quality Information Systems Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:32:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Software Development Like Golf? « Code.Implant http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2009/01/19/software-development-golf-analogy/comment-page-1/#comment-5844 Software Development Like Golf? « Code.Implant Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:18:36 +0000 http://leansoftwareengineering.com/?p=613#comment-5844 [...] Thompson took one such shot at an analogy in a post entitled "Software Development is like golf…". His premise is that your chosen path to the pin is always the problem, and to succeed you have to [...] [...] Thompson took one such shot at an analogy in a post entitled "Software Development is like golf…". His premise is that your chosen path to the pin is always the problem, and to succeed you have to [...]

]]> By: Kevin Godden http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2009/01/19/software-development-golf-analogy/comment-page-1/#comment-4693 Kevin Godden Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:47:02 +0000 http://leansoftwareengineering.com/?p=613#comment-4693 Hey, I like the analogy! But if, as Mark Twain said - 'Golf is a good walk, ruined' Where does this leave Software Development??! ;-) Hey, I like the analogy! But if, as Mark Twain said – ‘Golf is a good walk, ruined’ Where does this leave Software Development??! ;-)

]]> By: Bernie Thompson http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2009/01/19/software-development-golf-analogy/comment-page-1/#comment-4653 Bernie Thompson Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:31:16 +0000 http://leansoftwareengineering.com/?p=613#comment-4653 Absolutely! We tend to talk about software, since it's the world we work in, but nearly all apply equally to any activity of "creative engineering." Thanks for highlighting this, Kevin. Absolutely! We tend to talk about software, since it’s the world we work in, but nearly all apply equally to any activity of “creative engineering.” Thanks for highlighting this, Kevin.

]]> By: Kevin Hawkins http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2009/01/19/software-development-golf-analogy/comment-page-1/#comment-4651 Kevin Hawkins Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:15:31 +0000 http://leansoftwareengineering.com/?p=613#comment-4651 Nice one. The only disagreement I have is that this could be applied to most engineering disciplines, since the tradeoff decisions are a basic tenet of engineering. Nice one. The only disagreement I have is that this could be applied to most engineering disciplines, since the tradeoff decisions are a basic tenet of engineering.

]]> By: Curt Hibbs http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2009/01/19/software-development-golf-analogy/comment-page-1/#comment-4616 Curt Hibbs Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:26:48 +0000 http://leansoftwareengineering.com/?p=613#comment-4616 "Software development is like golf in that your chosen path to the pin is a primary problem." There is an additional complication in software development: while you proceed down your chosen path, they keep moving the pin on you! “Software development is like golf in that your chosen path to the pin is a primary problem.”

There is an additional complication in software development: while you proceed down your chosen path, they keep moving the pin on you!

]]> By: Arjan`s World » LINKBLOG for January 19, 2009 http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2009/01/19/software-development-golf-analogy/comment-page-1/#comment-4615 Arjan`s World » LINKBLOG for January 19, 2009 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:13:59 +0000 http://leansoftwareengineering.com/?p=613#comment-4615 [...] Software development is like golf … - Bernie Thompson ‘ (…) in that your chosen path to the pin is a primary problem ‘ [...] [...] Software development is like golf … – Bernie Thompson ‘ (…) in that your chosen path to the pin is a primary problem ‘ [...]

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