Hayim Makabee’s recent post, “The Myth of Emergent Design and the Big Ball of Mud”, encountered a relatively critical reception on two of the LinkedIn groups we’re both members of. Much of that resistance seemed to stem from a belief that the choice was between Big Design Up Front (BDUF) and Emergent Design. Hayim’s position, with which I agree, is that there is continuum of design with BDUF and Emergent Design representing the extremes. His position, with which I also agree, is that both extremes are unlikely to produce good results, and that the answer lies in between.
See the full post on the Iasa Global Blog (a re-post, originally published here).
Form Follows Function 