Comments on: Parsimony and the golden plate http://www.dancingmango.com/blog/2006/11/01/parsimony-and-the-golden-plate/ For more than a decade Marc has been a passionate advocate of placing the customer at the heart of business, working with clients in finance, retail, government and entertainment sectors, helping them craft compelling cross channel customer experiences. Marc champions lean and agile approaches for making customer driven innovation happen. He brings design thinking and creativity to clients, engaging across the organisation with a focus on delivery as well as ideas. He is currently writing a book on Agile Experience Design to be published this Autumn. Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:33:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: dancingmango » Will corporate websites remain spotty teenagers or will they grow up to be beautiful? http://www.dancingmango.com/blog/2006/11/01/parsimony-and-the-golden-plate/comment-page-1/#comment-62779 dancingmango » Will corporate websites remain spotty teenagers or will they grow up to be beautiful? Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:27:05 +0000 http://www.dancingmango.com/blog/2006/11/01/parsimony-and-the-golden-plate/#comment-62779 [...] “bounces”.  Where’s the “business value” in this?  Isn’t this gold plating in the extreme?  The development of this bounce will not have been for free, it will have come at [...] [...] “bounces”.  Where’s the “business value” in this?  Isn’t this gold plating in the extreme?  The development of this bounce will not have been for free, it will have come at [...]

]]> By: Jason Yip http://www.dancingmango.com/blog/2006/11/01/parsimony-and-the-golden-plate/comment-page-1/#comment-4362 Jason Yip Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:06:01 +0000 http://www.dancingmango.com/blog/2006/11/01/parsimony-and-the-golden-plate/#comment-4362 The phenomenon of developers building solutions that are too simple occurs most often when they are isolated from the people they are building for. In fact, I don't even think it's accurate to make it an issue of "too simple". It's more an issue of just not building the right thing because you just don't understand why you're building it. I'd also prefer the term "scale" over "inflate". The phenomenon of developers building solutions that are too simple occurs most often when they are isolated from the people they are building for. In fact, I don’t even think it’s accurate to make it an issue of “too simple”. It’s more an issue of just not building the right thing because you just don’t understand why you’re building it.

I’d also prefer the term “scale” over “inflate”.

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