Comments on: Perfection is the enemy http://blog.criticalresults.com/2010/01/18/perfection-is-the-enemy/ get software done faster, sharpen your team, gain balance and control... and make your project NOT SUCK Tue, 07 Jun 2011 02:37:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mark W. Schumann http://blog.criticalresults.com/2010/01/18/perfection-is-the-enemy/#comment-165 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:37:18 +0000 http://blog.criticalresults.com/?p=172#comment-165 Very good point. Let me ask you this, though. Have you seen canned software that manages the “too many features” problem adeptly? I imagine, although I’ve never thought about it really, that there should be a way to hide or take away features that you don’t use and only add complexity.

Microsoft kind of took a stab at this with its expanding menus in Office, right? They hid the lesser-used features on menus, but you could get at them by hovering for a long time or hitting a special dropdown thingie. Does that work for you, from a usability standpoint?

Actually, Josh, are you speaking specifically of (your speciality) user experience? Or does it go farther than that?

]]> By: Josh Walsh http://blog.criticalresults.com/2010/01/18/perfection-is-the-enemy/#comment-164 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:11:19 +0000 http://blog.criticalresults.com/?p=172#comment-164 Perfection is the enemy, but it’s also a myth. The closer you appear to get to perfection, the more you realize that it’s not possible to reach.

Being real is better than being perfect.

Where I start to disagree: Most canned software available for installation will do far more than you need it to, and it becomes a burden to maintain. So, you need to be careful to select a product that does most of what you need, but doesn’t do a lot you don’t need.

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