Comments on: Handling feature-creep on your NEXT RELEASE http://hij2mc.wordpress.com/2006/08/21/handling-feature-creep-on-your-next-release/ Thoughts on requirements, user-experience and software engineering Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:52:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: hij2mc http://hij2mc.wordpress.com/2006/08/21/handling-feature-creep-on-your-next-release/#comment-76 hij2mc Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:18:49 +0000 https://hij2mc.wordpress.com/2006/08/21/handling-feature-creep-on-your-next-release/#comment-76 Aaron, I found the Mom with Google picture search on "pregnancy", which is after all a nice metaphoric picture for a next release. Raises the question how you landed on this post, were you searching for pregnancey pictures too? Aaron,
I found the Mom with Google picture search on “pregnancy”, which is after all a nice metaphoric picture for a next release.
Raises the question how you landed on this post, were you searching for pregnancey pictures too?

]]> By: Aaron Broad http://hij2mc.wordpress.com/2006/08/21/handling-feature-creep-on-your-next-release/#comment-75 Aaron Broad Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:36:14 +0000 https://hij2mc.wordpress.com/2006/08/21/handling-feature-creep-on-your-next-release/#comment-75 I totally agree. Making the milestone/release title a concise mission statement for that release can only be a good thing. Everyone on the team will know what features they have up their sleeves to put on the backburner and which ones to really drive hard on. Imagine if Microsoft used this for external version numbering, and not just internaly: Windows 2000 would be Windows Only Bluescreens Once a Week Now! PS: Do you have a connection to the Fischer Price Mom? or did you find her while looking for toys and think it was a nice metaphor versioning? That with babies having a 9 month release deadline, and a pretty standardized feature set scheduled for the final release from day one of the pregnancy? I totally agree. Making the milestone/release title a concise mission statement for that release can only be a good thing. Everyone on the team will know what features they have up their sleeves to put on the backburner and which ones to really drive hard on.

Imagine if Microsoft used this for external version numbering, and not just internaly:

Windows 2000 would be Windows Only Bluescreens Once a Week Now!

PS: Do you have a connection to the Fischer Price Mom? or did you find her while looking for toys and think it was a nice metaphor versioning? That with babies having a 9 month release deadline, and a pretty standardized feature set scheduled for the final release from day one of the pregnancy?

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