Chapter 1. Welcome to Rapid Development

Contents

1.1 What Is Rapid Development?

1.2 Attaining Rapid Development

Related Topics

Who should read this book: Preface

Benefits of reading this book: Preface

Why this book was written: Preface

Rapid-development strategy: Chapter 2

Core issues in rapid development: Chapter 6

THE PRODUCT MANAGER TOLD ME he wanted to build a product right for a change. He wanted to pay attention to quality, prevent feature creep, control the schedule, and have a predictable ship date.

When the time came to actually do the project, it became clear that getting the product to market quickly was the only real priority. Usability? We don't have time. Performance? It can wait. Maintainability? Next project. Testing? Our users want the ...

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