* Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > The only advice I've got is to do things in increments as small as > possible. Don't do "big bang" integration. Make sure there is a > runnable testable program after the first week of development. Maybe > it doesn't implement any significant features, but you must have > something runnable and testable at all times. Otherwise, you can get > too far down the wrong road before you finally figure out that either > a) what you specified isn't going to work, or b) they didn't > understand the specification at all.
ACK. And another important tip: split your big problem into smaller and smaller generic sub-problems. Then you'll have great chance to reuse an existing package or let some contractor develop/adapt one without telling him about your actual project. Movie tip: "The Cube" ;-) cu -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ phone: +49 36207 519931 email: weig...@metux.de mobile: +49 151 27565287 icq: 210169427 skype: nekrad666 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme ----------------------------------------------------------------------
