Comments on: … that final scene with HAL and Dave http://www.blog.vrg.net.au/practice/bc-practice/that-final-scene-with-hal-and-dave/ sharing views and thoughts on a range of topics Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:29:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Contemplating...Ken Simpson « husdal.com http://www.blog.vrg.net.au/practice/bc-practice/that-final-scene-with-hal-and-dave/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Contemplating...Ken Simpson « husdal.com Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:02:43 +0000 http://www.blog.vrg.net.au/?p=142#comment-55 [...] brilliantly manages to bring seemingly unrelated topics into the realm of his blog. In … that final scene with HAL and Dave, reflecting on Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 Space Odyssey, Ken cites from Is Google Making Us [...] [...] brilliantly manages to bring seemingly unrelated topics into the realm of his blog. In … that final scene with HAL and Dave, reflecting on Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 Space Odyssey, Ken cites from Is Google Making Us [...]

]]> By: Paul http://www.blog.vrg.net.au/practice/bc-practice/that-final-scene-with-hal-and-dave/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Paul Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:43:16 +0000 http://www.blog.vrg.net.au/?p=142#comment-26 As Carr himself puts it I am "skeptical of my skepticism". However, you do raise a critical point, which I previously touched on here <a href="http://www.agilecontinuity.org/want-a-better-plan-get-a-better-process/" rel="nofollow">Want a Better Plan Get A Better Process</a> and our more recent exchanges on software. Any documentation that is produced as part of any process is an information product. It needs to take into account the type of information that is being presented, the consumer's requirements, the nature of the medium and of course the context in which it will be used. Otherwise, it will not be fit for purpose. My heart really does sink when I see yet another incomprehensible 400 page plan. But hey, they've got a plan. As Carr himself puts it I am “skeptical of my skepticism”. However, you do raise a critical point, which I previously touched on here Want a Better Plan Get A Better Process and our more recent exchanges on software.

Any documentation that is produced as part of any process is an information product. It needs to take into account the type of information that is being presented, the consumer’s requirements, the nature of the medium and of course the context in which it will be used. Otherwise, it will not be fit for purpose.

My heart really does sink when I see yet another incomprehensible 400 page plan. But hey, they’ve got a plan.

]]> By: Paul http://www.blog.vrg.net.au/practice/bc-practice/that-final-scene-with-hal-and-dave/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Paul Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:43:00 +0000 http://www.blog.vrg.net.au/?p=142#comment-722 As Carr himself puts it I am "skeptical of my skepticism". However, you do raise a critical point, which I previously touched on here <a href="http://www.agilecontinuity.org/want-a-better-plan-get-a-better-process/" rel="nofollow">Want a Better Plan Get A Better Process</a> and our more recent exchanges on software. Any documentation that is produced as part of any process is an information product. It needs to take into account the type of information that is being presented, the consumer's requirements, the nature of the medium and of course the context in which it will be used. Otherwise, it will not be fit for purpose. My heart really does sink when I see yet another incomprehensible 400 page plan. But hey, they've got a plan. As Carr himself puts it I am “skeptical of my skepticism”. However, you do raise a critical point, which I previously touched on here Want a Better Plan Get A Better Process and our more recent exchanges on software.

Any documentation that is produced as part of any process is an information product. It needs to take into account the type of information that is being presented, the consumer’s requirements, the nature of the medium and of course the context in which it will be used. Otherwise, it will not be fit for purpose.

My heart really does sink when I see yet another incomprehensible 400 page plan. But hey, they’ve got a plan.

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