tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359578028049956721.post1603888256631759196..comments2024-01-29T02:42:27.287-08:00Comments on Inquiries Into Alignment: Do You Really Want to Insist on "The Best"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359578028049956721.post-14763865036654241432009-02-08T18:22:00.000-08:002009-02-08T18:22:00.000-08:00@Pawel - knowing where "good enough" is does offer...@Pawel - knowing where "good enough" is does offer a challenge. Hopefully it's been discussed prior to the project starting and before imagination, coercision or convincing reluctant stakeholders has had a chance to create requirements reality doesn't require.<BR/><BR/>@Josh, I never thought of doing monte carlo analysis around this. When I feel that sick, sinking feeling in my gut I start looking for how to retreat.<BR/><BR/>For what it's worth, I heard the greatest comeback for someone who was putting out unreasonable requirements:<BR/><BR/>"A pony, you forgot to ask for a pony!"Andrew Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950859437400162668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359578028049956721.post-31579012418378664852009-02-08T08:19:00.000-08:002009-02-08T08:19:00.000-08:00I totally agree. This can be applied almost anywh...I totally agree. This can be applied almost anywhere, although as Pawel observed, it's a moving target depending on what you are talking about and when.<BR/><BR/>Take confidence intervals on estimates for example. If you run a monte carlo analysis across well-developed estimates, you can choose to add MR for the effort required based on a 50%, 60%, 70%, etc. confidence interval. If you get much past 70%, it starts costing a LOT extra to squeeze out just a little more certainty.<BR/><BR/>Everything has a point of diminishing returns.<BR/><BR/>Josh Nankivel<BR/><A HREF="http://pmStudent.com" REL="nofollow">pmStudent.com</A>Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798222298277681691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359578028049956721.post-81877610865042476852009-02-06T08:26:00.000-08:002009-02-06T08:26:00.000-08:00The whole trick is to decide where the "good enoug...The whole trick is to decide where the "good enough" exactly is.<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't say there's a static "good enough" state for blog or email engines. Companies constantly work on small improvements. If blogger developement was stopped people would go to wordpress or somewhere else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com