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Welcome to the BRL-CAD Backstaff!  Some will consider this to be a development [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_roadmap roadmap] for BRL-CAD, but it's more of a development [https://www.ion.org/museum/item_view.cfm?cid=2&scid=14&iid=31 backstaff] because:
 
Welcome to the BRL-CAD Backstaff!  Some will consider this to be a development [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_roadmap roadmap] for BRL-CAD, but it's more of a development [https://www.ion.org/museum/item_view.cfm?cid=2&scid=14&iid=31 backstaff] because:
  
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# it's only useful half of the time,
 
# there are a lot of assumptions,
 
# there are a lot of assumptions,
# it's only useful half of the time,
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# the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning_horizon planning horizon] isn't very detailed
# the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning_horizon planning horizon] isn't very detailed, and
 
# it's not very accurate
 
  
 
With most open source software development, you can only reflect on what you've done or intend to do.  Everything is tentative.  Things get implemented when a contributor has time and motivation.
 
With most open source software development, you can only reflect on what you've done or intend to do.  Everything is tentative.  Things get implemented when a contributor has time and motivation.
  
 
Our focus is on being flexible, adaptive, and responsive.  This development "plan" is more of a common staging area so that we may hold a common vision for '''what''' we're working towards even if we can't pin down '''''when''''' we'll get there.
 
Our focus is on being flexible, adaptive, and responsive.  This development "plan" is more of a common staging area so that we may hold a common vision for '''what''' we're working towards even if we can't pin down '''''when''''' we'll get there.

Revision as of 20:09, 25 March 2011

Welcome to the BRL-CAD Backstaff! Some will consider this to be a development roadmap for BRL-CAD, but it's more of a development backstaff because:

  1. it's only useful half of the time,
  2. there are a lot of assumptions,
  3. the planning horizon isn't very detailed

With most open source software development, you can only reflect on what you've done or intend to do. Everything is tentative. Things get implemented when a contributor has time and motivation.

Our focus is on being flexible, adaptive, and responsive. This development "plan" is more of a common staging area so that we may hold a common vision for what we're working towards even if we can't pin down when we'll get there.