http://www.pols.co.uk/archives/77 delivering software in the real world... Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:01:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.pols.co.uk/archives/77/comment-page-1#comment-10 Alistair Cockburn Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:51:46 +0000 http://www.pols.co.uk/wordpress/archives/77#comment-10 Part of the difference is "explain a design" versus "work out a design". The latter is much harder. Once you have a design, you may be able to articulate its theory over the phone. But during the working out of a design, there is a lot of fumbling around. That's where it is useful to have every communications channel at hand, not just one (no matter which one). YMMV, but not so very much, I suspect. Part of the difference is “explain a design” versus “work out a design”. The latter is much harder. Once you have a design, you may be able to articulate its theory over the phone. But during the working out of a design, there is a lot of fumbling around. That’s where it is useful to have every communications channel at hand, not just one (no matter which one). YMMV, but not so very much, I suspect.

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