Avoiding documentation bottlenecks while maintaining quality? (take II)

[Geoff Hart]

Several folks have written in to propose the "good/fast/cheap: pick  
two [one?]" problem.

Without for a moment denying the validity of that tradeoff, there are  
many ways you can make it less onerous:
http://www.geoff-hart.com/resources/2001/triangle.htm

Basic notion is that you almost never have to eliminate one of the  
three characteristics, and framing the problem that way tends to make  
people assume that this is true. Most often, it's a question of  
figuring out how to mitigate the consequences of the tradeoff. Again,  
this isn't just theory... it's all based on real solutions I've used  
throughout my working life.

Oops... just noticed I left out the hyperlinks to the two articles in  
the bibliography. They article are accessible from the main  
bibliography page (http://www.geoff-hart.com/resources/ 
bibliography.html), and I'll try to add in the links in the next week  
or so.


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