Shannonangto’s Weblog

“Every once in a while, a book comes out of left field that changes just about everything. This is one of those books. Ignore it at your peril.”

-Seth Godin

Getting Real is a technique in making applications based on the customers/users needs, ideas, and how they will use it.

As I read through the text I learned that getting real is used to make the web application building easier. In what I have read people that have already experienced using this technique had an easier time in their projects. The 37signals had developed different application for different task, so this is an advantage for us the users.

From what I had read the 37signals built their applications based on how the users usually used an application that they can easily navigate. Their methods have many advantages like in cost, time, customer relations and etc.

Getting Real is about giving the customers what they want in a faster phase while at the same time getting feedback’s from your customers about your product to improve your product and give them the updates through the web/net.

I also learned that in the planning stage details should not be given all at once because in the developing stage you can reveal things that you need to know about the project. I think that this is true because based on my experiences the more detailed you are in the beginning of any project the more problems that you will have because you will have more constraints in making the project.

Getting Real is creating while thinking other people. Creating while thinking other people because you create programs not only for your self but also for others.

Having Big and Costly software team is a gamble instead we should ask our selves if we use less people in the project could they accomplish things that many people can.

I learned that having a fix time and budget is not the problem but it is your scope. If you need to adjust then adjust your scope make it smaller. Ask first your self which is your priority in making the software and put other needs after you have launch the software. If you are starting on a new software you shouldn’t go after what your competitors have but rather what your user needs and wants.

The most important thing that I’ve learned in this article is that give passion to whatever application that you will do because your application will represent you.