???
Pat thought for a moment. ???Well, one thing I know from my course is that all development methods
use the software development lifecycle: analysis, design, coding, and testing [see Figure 3-1]. Which
phase are you in right now? Analysis? Design? Or is it coding or testing????
???Yes!??? Kim grinned. She couldn??™t help a bit of showmanship.
???I don??™t understand. Which is it????
???All of them. We??™re working on analysis, design, coding, and testing. Simultaneously. Oh, and we deploy
the software every week, too.???
Pat looked confused. Was she pulling his leg?
Kim laughed. ???You??™ll see! Let me show you around.
???This is our team room. As you can see, we all sit together in one big workspace. This helps us collaborate
more effectively.???
Kim led Pat over to a big whiteboard where a man stood frowning at dozens of index cards. ???Brian, I??™d
like you to meet Pat, our new programmer. Brian is our product manager. What are you working on
right now????
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???I??™m trying to figure out how we should modify our release plan based on the feedback from the user
meeting last week. Our users love what we??™ve done so far, but they also have some really good
suggestions.
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