http://refactr.com/blog/2007/09/startup-pitfall-1-top-heaviness/ informs on and evangelizes best practices of using <a href="http://refactr.com/the-agile-manifesto/">agile methods</a> when designing and developing what are currently being called “Web 2.0” products and applications. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:02:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://refactr.com/blog/2007/09/startup-pitfall-1-top-heaviness/comment-page-1/#comment-6526 Hamlet D'Arcy Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:16:04 +0000 http://refactr.com/blog/2007/09/25/startup-pitfall-1-top-heaviness/#comment-6526 This reminds me of Putnam and Hussman's paper at Agile 2005 called The Origin of Value (which is next to impossible to find on the Internet, what gives?). Goes hand in hand with a lot of the Lean Development ideas. On a 12 month project, you'll often create more value from getting 10% return on investment starting from month one and stretching the schedule to 16 months than 100% return on investment starting at month 12... which is kinda why my broker keeps trying to get me to save $50 every month instead of sending him a $500 check every January. This reminds me of Putnam and Hussman’s paper at Agile 2005 called The Origin of Value (which is next to impossible to find on the Internet, what gives?). Goes hand in hand with a lot of the Lean Development ideas. On a 12 month project, you’ll often create more value from getting 10% return on investment starting from month one and stretching the schedule to 16 months than 100% return on investment starting at month 12… which is kinda why my broker keeps trying to get me to save $50 every month instead of sending him a $500 check every January.

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