http://disqus.com/people/7a2ad5151e69703775983d831b15f84d/enTue, 04 Apr 2006 00:51:04 -0000http://mathewingram.disqus.com/why_i_love_web_20_episode_1015/#comment-129342437Signals had a related comment in their <a href="http://37signals.com/svn/archives2/the_filter_week_of_march_31.php" rel="nofollow">Filter blog entry</a> today, concerning the necessity of functional specs:<br>"If you’re leading 50 people into an undiscovered country, and you have to convince the entire court of Spain and Portugal to fund your expedition, then you’re going to hire a bunch of guys with sextants to plot out your journey and guess where all the gold is. If you’re 5 guys in a boat, you’re just going to set sail and head west until you find land."<br><br>Kristopher Tate can manage to fly by the seat of his pants and make changes like that on the live server; Flickr now has to take a much more structured approach for several reasons, and that will obviously take them longer. It's 5 guys in a boat vs. 50 people in an undiscovered country.<br><br>BTW, the domains is <a href="http://Zooomr.com" rel="nofollow">Zooomr.com</a> with three o's.RehanTue, 04 Apr 2006 00:51:04 -0000