Comments on: The construction analogy http://blog.gdinwiddie.com/2006/12/27/the-construction-analogy/ Effective software development Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:50:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 by: George Dinwiddie’s blog » Refactoring a House http://blog.gdinwiddie.com/2006/12/27/the-construction-analogy/#comment-20492 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:24:33 +0000 http://blog.gdinwiddie.com/2006/12/27/the-construction-analogy/#comment-20492 [...] Some of you may remember that I started a house construction project. Things are moving very fast, now, and the actual construction may take less time than it took to get all the necessary permits. So far, the project’s about 100% over the time budget. And people say that software development should be more like the construction industry! [...] […] Some of you may remember that I started a house construction project. Things are moving very fast, now, and the actual construction may take less time than it took to get all the necessary permits. So far, the project’s about 100% over the time budget. And people say that software development should be more like the construction industry! […]

]]> by: Matisse Enzer http://blog.gdinwiddie.com/2006/12/27/the-construction-analogy/#comment-4 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 09:10:24 +0000 http://blog.gdinwiddie.com/2006/12/27/the-construction-analogy/#comment-4 Nice to see someone else mulling over this analogy. And especially good to see someone understand that, as you put it "The similarities and differences can be used to illuminate, but not to prove anything." For me, the more general analogy is that *making things* of all kinds is a pretty consistent process, and that all the different ways of making things can inform each other. Nice to see someone else mulling over this analogy. And especially good to see someone understand that, as you put it “The similarities and differences can be used to illuminate, but not to prove anything.”

For me, the more general analogy is that *making things* of all kinds is a pretty consistent process, and that all the different ways of making things can inform each other.

]]> by: Mishkin Berteig http://blog.gdinwiddie.com/2006/12/27/the-construction-analogy/#comment-3 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:07:11 +0000 http://blog.gdinwiddie.com/2006/12/27/the-construction-analogy/#comment-3 Thanks for mentioning the interview. I've also written a more extensive piece a few years back on Kuro5hin: http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/3/13/211831/159 It's a little dated, but still has lots of good fodder for the argument! Thanks for mentioning the interview. I’ve also written a more extensive piece a few years back on Kuro5hin: http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/3/13/211831/159

It’s a little dated, but still has lots of good fodder for the argument!

]]>