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Very true, and explains quite a lot about why some bugs get fixed and some linger.
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“Due to the unfortunate liquidation of Circuit City we will no longer be able to match their prices.” Um, burn.
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Gee, you think?
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The counterpoint to this argument is: sometimes you need the gravitational pull of a large, prestigious grad degree to move your career into a different orbit.
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How many convenience store clerks can name the bat’leth?
Day: February 4, 2009
The best requirements prioritization scheme EVAR.
I thought I had seen every possible permutation on the problem of how to prioritize requirements. Then the engineers at my company came up with a new one: the pony priority.
Is “pony” an acronym? Nope.
It’s the lowest priority there is. It’s the “I want a pony! No, you can’t have a pony” priority. Or as the classic image has it:
This priority is properly reserved for requirements that would be, like, REALLY KEWL but that won’t ever be implemented. Because they’re unsolved research problems, or because they would cost more than the whole company is worth.
This is a seriously useful concept. It provides a way to say, “I recognize the value of the idea, but we can’t do it no matter how much you try.”
Do use it in your own company and let us know it works out.