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An Old Dog and New Tricks
By W. Scott Cameron
The young project manager was eager to experiment. I had never tried out this particular concept before but it intrigued me.
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Prototyping Pitfalls
By Terry Little
It's OK for a prototype to fail. In fact, if there isn't a non-trivial likelihood of failure, then why build a prototype at all?
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+ Letting Go of "Once and For All"
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