Rodent Regatta

I’ve always thought the comparison between the architectural process and the software development process was nearly perfect. Just about every issue that faces an architect when attempting to gather requirements and decisions from a client has an analogue in software.

If Architects Had To Work Like Web Designers: ”Please design and build me a house. I am not quite sure of what I need, so you should use your discretion. My house should have somewhere between two and forty-five bedrooms. Just make sure the plans are such that the bedrooms can be easily added or deleted. When you bring the blueprints to me, I will make the final decision of what I want. Also, bring me the cost breakdown for each configuration so that I can arbitrarily pick one.”[Dane Carlson]