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TheBoy:
Gonna be a long day...

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/20/gatwick_fail/

For once, have to agree with the journo - what knob jockey decided on a non-resilient connection....

tunnie:
Probably launched as MVP  :D

(Minium Viable Product - For us non-tech folk)

TheBoy:

--- Quote from: tunnie on 20 August 2018, 13:12:57 ---Probably launched as MVP  :D

(Minium Viable Product - For us non-tech folk)

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Never seen that term ever used in an project I've ever worked on, so just asked here. Software devs use it.  Software devs are particularly "special", and rarely grasp the bigger picture.

We use terms like "half arsed", or "the next disaster" :P

tunnie:

--- Quote from: TheBoy on 20 August 2018, 13:17:09 ---
--- Quote from: tunnie on 20 August 2018, 13:12:57 ---Probably launched as MVP  :D

(Minium Viable Product - For us non-tech folk)

--- End quote ---
Never seen that term ever used in an project I've ever worked on, so just asked here. Software devs use it.  Software devs are particularly "special", and rarely grasp the bigger picture.

We use terms like "half arsed", or "the next disaster" :P

--- End quote ---

Oh I use those as well in team discussions, product like MVP. So do I, as it means I can strip half the requirements out on a new features, as not really needed.

Essentially launch with bare minimum, then use tracking/data to understanding building next feature and maybe A/B test that.

Can easily see how something like backup gets de-scoped, although I would have thought they would leave a manual entry mode / CMS mode for when the data fails.

When I used to work on Sky's Teletext stuff (iText) feeds would often fail or contain an error, I could dive in and manually change.

TheBoy:
Oh I understand that in a dev environment, to cut time, because devs are notorious for not being able to meet timelines.

But this is a larger IT project, and whomever cut corners by not making a near-critical system's most unreliable component (its internet/cloud connection) non resilient should hopefully be out of a job by now.

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