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Nothing Is Ever Finished
- "...inexperienced programmers were able to learn the technology, be productive, and not worry about the system being perfect the first time." [Cupparo 93]
- This syndrome is often called "the death spiral" by those who are unable to establish the proper exit criteria. We submit that those organizations are equally subject to the "over Niagara in a barrel" syndrome when using traditional waterfall techniques!
- A spiral process lessens, rather than increases, the risk of running off the end of the schedule without having anything to show. In a five-phase waterfall process where each phase slips 20%, you have nothing to deliver at the end of the schedule, whereas in a similar spiral process with similar schedule slippage, you should be able to deliver 80% of what you originally intended.
- Be sure to plan some contingency for contraction, revision, and polishing, or "component harvesting." Re-use takes effort, but the payoff is big. However, code written for end use is rarely re-usable without effort. Take the effort!
