I appreciate your helpful input. I will propose your suggestions to my lab and hope they are open to it.
Thanks again, Chris > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Is a ChangeLog file realistic if /lots/ of developers > adding /lots/ of changes? > From: "Thien-Thi Nguyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, June 27, 2003 5:49 am > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:57:26 -0700 > > This overhead will take work and commitment from people. How much > improvement can this deliver?? 10%? 50%? 500%? > > the way to look at it is that you WANT work and commitment from > people, > but you want the right kind of work and commitment. the improvement > cannot be measured simply w/ a number, so if you are looking for that > kind of change, this advice is not for you. > > Is this advice meant only for large (>10? >100?) development > groups??? > > it's meant for any size group that wants to work smarter and that has > the desire and discipline to try that method. of course, you have to > tweak the method as you scale up. for a very large group, feel free > hire a management consultant (who will give you pretty much the same > advice but w/ glossy brochures ;-). > > The reason I am asking is that I usually work on projects with <10 > developers. Things usually get done somehow regardless. > > well, the art of manglement is to finesse the "somehow" into "our how" > where "our" is customized to the particular group's dynamics, tight in > the right places, and slackful in the right places. that's a lot of > weasel words, you are sure to notice. the activity i suggested falls > into the general class of "reflective activity" which is, at its core, > a > force that works to oppose weasling. that's why all art is ironic, > btw. > > (I got a bad deal when I went crazy about OOP and decided > to do everything object oriented only to discover that small > projects don't necessarily benefit from OOP. Sometimes > OOP can even *slow down* a little project. I hope this > ChangeLog business is not another "OOP") > > it all depends on the people who have to carry it out. good luck! > > thi
