[Sigia-l] You're not alone

[Skot Nelson]

On Feb-18-2007, at 12:16 , Adrian Howard wrote:

> It's also one I personally don't find particularly illuminating for
> two reasons:

In fairness, my experience is that Cooper uses it to illustrate broad  
strokes rather than specific details. I think most cross industry  
analogies are best used in this manner.

> Architects and builders talk
> more before, during and after construction than most people think.

Thus providing an excellent example of how codemonkeys and IAs/IxDs  
SHOULD interact.

A good knowledge of the other's skillset with a healthy respect for  
their ability to actually DO it when compared oneself goes a long way  
towards working together well.

> Tell most architects or builders of large projects that the architect
> does all of the building design first, or that the design doesn't
> change during construction, and you'll have to wait some time before
> they stop snickering in my experience :-)

Activities that are less "creative" or "design" driven do provide an  
example though. Mundane bridges such as the Second Narrows in  
Vancouver are drawn first then built by crews of highly skilled  
steelworkers.

Residential houses would rarely fall into this category. Homeowners  
always change their mind when they see things being built.
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