Date: October 18th, 2007

How a program ages: Part 2, maturity and decline

18 October, 2007 (11:39) | Uncategorized | No comments

[Continued from yesterday’s Part 1.]
 
Yesterday we explored the first three phases: Conceptualization, Enactment, and Chaos.  Now the program starts maturing.
 

You’re more successful if you’re Mature
 
4.         Codification.  After a program has been running for a while — measured by time, number of properties, or range of circumstances — the rule-writers take over.  This is regulation and […]