Comments on: Death by a thousand differences http://www.thekua.com/atwork/2008/11/death-by-a-thousand-differences/ thekua's reflections on work related topics Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:14:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Consistency in the code base at Mark Needham http://www.thekua.com/atwork/2008/11/death-by-a-thousand-differences/comment-page-1/#comment-74688 Consistency in the code base at Mark Needham Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:33:35 +0000 http://www.thekua.com/atwork/?p=305#comment-74688 [...] discussions with various different colleagues about coding consistency over the last year or so and Pat Kua and Frank Trindade have both written posts suggesting that we should look to have coding [...] [...] discussions with various different colleagues about coding consistency over the last year or so and Pat Kua and Frank Trindade have both written posts suggesting that we should look to have coding [...]

]]> By: thekua.com@work » What differences cause your project death? http://www.thekua.com/atwork/2008/11/death-by-a-thousand-differences/comment-page-1/#comment-51288 thekua.com@work » What differences cause your project death? Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:38:26 +0000 http://www.thekua.com/atwork/?p=305#comment-51288 [...] not about to go and list all the thousand differences that will contribute to a slow and painful project death, but I will mention a few categories I always [...] [...] not about to go and list all the thousand differences that will contribute to a slow and painful project death, but I will mention a few categories I always [...]

]]> By: Arjan`s World » LINKBLOG for November 2, 2008 http://www.thekua.com/atwork/2008/11/death-by-a-thousand-differences/comment-page-1/#comment-33813 Arjan`s World » LINKBLOG for November 2, 2008 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:43:40 +0000 http://www.thekua.com/atwork/?p=305#comment-33813 [...] Death by a thousand differences - ‘The Kua’ ‘ I find the death by a thousand differences is especially a significant problem on iterative projects where change happens rapidly (…) ‘ [...] [...] Death by a thousand differences – ‘The Kua’ ‘ I find the death by a thousand differences is especially a significant problem on iterative projects where change happens rapidly (…) ‘ [...]

]]> By: Kris Kemper http://www.thekua.com/atwork/2008/11/death-by-a-thousand-differences/comment-page-1/#comment-33741 Kris Kemper Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:58:12 +0000 http://www.thekua.com/atwork/?p=305#comment-33741 I actually find that allowing differences to happen is generally a good thing on a project. It allows developers freedom to try different approaches. This results in greater enjoyment of the work, but it also provides different approaches to be compared in order to see what really works in practice. I find that the differences can be reduced by refactoring. Once the team has a general consensus of what has gone well versus what does not work well, then the "bad" code can be refactoring using the accepted practices. The important thing is that refactoring has to be an constant activity on the team, and accepted as a necessary and valuable activity. I actually find that allowing differences to happen is generally a good thing on a project. It allows developers freedom to try different approaches. This results in greater enjoyment of the work, but it also provides different approaches to be compared in order to see what really works in practice.

I find that the differences can be reduced by refactoring. Once the team has a general consensus of what has gone well versus what does not work well, then the “bad” code can be refactoring using the accepted practices. The important thing is that refactoring has to be an constant activity on the team, and accepted as a necessary and valuable activity.

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