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good-enough delivers<br />

“Good Enough” Design<br />

Hi! So you’re a Perfect Design? Man, I’ve always<br />

dreamed about meeting you!<br />

Why’s that?<br />

Yeah, I suppose so. As long as I help everyone be<br />

productive and meet their deadlines, and the customer<br />

is getting the s<strong>of</strong>tware they need, then I’m doing my job.<br />

Huh, I never thought <strong>of</strong> it like that. I thought when you<br />

came along everyone would be all hugs and kisses...<br />

What do you mean? After all that hard work your team<br />

might still be able to make you even more, err...perfect?<br />

168 Chapter 5<br />

Tonight’s talk: A sit-down discussion between<br />

Perfect Design and “Good Enough” Design.<br />

Perfect Design:<br />

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Thanks. Designs like me are pretty rare. In fact I may<br />

be the only one you’ll ever meet.<br />

Well, the problem is that it’s really hard to come up with<br />

a design that everyone thinks is perfect. There’s always<br />

somebody out to get me with their criticisms. And with<br />

refactoring, I keep getting changed. But you’re pretty<br />

valuable yourself, you know...<br />

You see, that’s the thing. People spend so much time<br />

on me that they never meet their deadlines, they never<br />

deliver s<strong>of</strong>tware, and they never get paid. That can<br />

make me pretty unpopular. It kind <strong>of</strong> sucks, really.<br />

Not at all. Usually by the time I show up, the team is<br />

running late and I can’t help out anywhere near as<br />

much as as they thought. And then there’s always the<br />

danger that I’m not completely perfect...<br />

Unfortunately, yes. You see, perfection is a bit <strong>of</strong> a<br />

moving target. Sometimes, I just wish I could be like<br />

you and actually deliver. Maybe not great, but—

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