Comments on: Misunderstanding the good enough revolution

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:10:08 +0000

Hi Tobias. Sorry for the tardy reply, I've been busy doing nothing for a while. Thank's a lot for commenting! I am not familiar with the work of Mr. Ackoff, but after a quick search I found that I should be. His writings sounds like a “must read”. Thank's for pointing me in this direction – the value of such pointers cannot be overstated.

All the best,
Thomas

By: Tobias Fors

Tobias Fors — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:56:22 +0000

Thomas: you might want to check out Russell Ackoff's writings on “idealized design”. I think you'd like it. In essence, what you do is start by building agreement on what your ideal looks like. This is often easier than getting agreement on practical details of implementation. With the ideal clear, you can then proceed to try and get as close to it as possible: this is where implementation and “good enough” comes in. While you may have to settle for a good enough solution for now, the ideal is still up there, challenging you to press on into the future you really want.

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By: Thomas Lindqvist

Thomas Lindqvist — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:26:53 +0000

Indeed. Other variations on the same theme include incremental development, evolutionary design and the KISS (keep it simple stupid) acronym. In the context of business, I believe it as this article in Wired magazine that set the ball rolling on "good enough revolution" as a concept:

http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/maga...

As I say, I believe it to be the blend of software people and marketing / business people that creates the confusion. It's all semantics. Just semantics. As usual.

By: Bjorn Lindqvist

Bjorn Lindqvist — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:31:27 +0000

As so often is the case, the IT industry makes things harder by tryoing to come up with cool expressions or acronyms.
The expression 'good enough' may very well have a negative ring to it for many people.
What is really meant when someone says 'good enough' in this context is 'not all at once' or 'step by step' or 'piecemeal'. Ooops! 'Piecemeal' is actually used ! Piecemeal development is exactly this; don't try to decide everything at once, do it gradually. So instead of confusing people with 'good enough', we could just say 'gradual' development or 'gradual' project evolution, or...... well, you get the idea.

/Björn Lindqvist

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