"Perfect is the enemy of good." is true enough due to diminishing returns. But "good", being the satisfaction of at least the specifications that have been agreed to, is in contrast to Hoffman's claim. It's basically a continuum..
Perfect ------ Good --- Fair --- Poor ------ Crap
The Hoffman quote suggests that goods should be engineered towards the right-hand side of the continuum. Maybe because it's "fast" or "cheap" or perhaps even "agile".
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Date: 2013-09-27 11:38 pm (UTC)Perfect ------ Good --- Fair --- Poor ------ Crap
The Hoffman quote suggests that goods should be engineered towards the right-hand side of the continuum. Maybe because it's "fast" or "cheap" or perhaps even "agile".