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Agile House Renovations with Alistair Cockburn


There have been a number of people over time that have taken issue with the analogy comparing software development projects and real-life construction projects. Many of these tend to point out the many differences between what software is and what buildings are.

However, taking a different approach, Alistair Cockburn decided to see if he could use agile methods in coordinating his house renovations. He’s very happy with the results for a number of unexpected reasons and he did an interview with Agile Advice describing why.

This entry was posted by Scott Vlaminck on Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 at 6:23 pm and is filed under Agile Processes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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  1. refactr » Blog Archive » I love a good home construction/software development metaphor said...
    […] See also: Scott’s post of Alastair Cockburn’s agile house renovations […]

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