[IxDA Discuss] Anyone succeeded in getting a usability-only release?

[Adrian Howard]

On 1 Feb 2007, at 20:33, jackbellis.com wrote:

> Adrian,
> That's exactly the conclusion I've reached, too.
>
> As our releases got longer, for some reason "elective" stuff--- 
> let's not
> start a whole new spamthread here---is squeezed out. I think it's  
> because
> it's rationalized out of the timeline because the release is  
> perceived as
> never getting done. The word I use is "pace." Only by estabishing a  
> better
> pace of rollouts am I able to make usabilty items get in the plan  
> with more
> regularity and then stay on the calendar.
[snip]

This is yet another reason why I like working in agile development  
groups using XP or similar. That pace is built into the process.

Cheers,

Adrian