Today we listened to the podcast from Jason Fried of 37 Signals.
He talked about the development strategies that they used when they were creating Basecamp.
This was very interesting, and presented a well thought out alternative approach to software development.
Their approach emphasized keeping the application as small as possible - referred to as reducing mass - to enable changes and decisions to be made as easily as possible and spending as much time as possible working from the end users perspective. This means starting with creating the GUI and ensuring that the user experience actually meets the requirements rather than spending time developing functional specifications and use cases.
This approach to project management looks like it would enable rapid development and result in a superior product at the end, however it relies heavily on having the right personnel and might be difficult to implement in a larger organisation.
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