http://e-patients.net/archives/2007/07/good-enough-technology.html because health professionals can't do it alone Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:50:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://e-patients.net/archives/2007/07/good-enough-technology.html/comment-page-1#comment-50221 SusannahFox Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:45:53 +0000 http://72.9.147.40/archives/2007/07/good-enough-technology.html#comment-50221 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Is it b/c consumers trust Dr. Google as a good-enough tool? http://is.gd/eU6m</span></span> Is it b/c consumers trust Dr. Google as a good-enough tool? http://is.gd/eU6m

]]> http://e-patients.net/archives/2007/07/good-enough-technology.html/comment-page-1#comment-43 Susannah Fox Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:35:10 +0000 http://72.9.147.40/archives/2007/07/good-enough-technology.html#comment-43 Ward Cunningham kindly emailed me to correct the impression that he wrote the definition on his site when it was, in fact, contributed by an anonymous poster. He wrote, "My friend James Bach coined the term 'good enough' in the context of software testing. This was at a point where most software wasn't being tested at all well and he was trying to set the bar at a practical level, not the 'zero defect' level that was claimed as the proper goal. I'm often quoted for asking 'what is the simplest thing that could possibly work?' This is a good question to ask when progress slows. My logic is that it is easier to make a working system better than to create a great system from scratch." Ward Cunningham kindly emailed me to correct the impression that he wrote the definition on his site when it was, in fact, contributed by an anonymous poster. He wrote, “My friend James Bach coined the term ‘good enough’ in the context of software testing. This was at a point where most software wasn’t being tested at all well and he was trying to set the bar at a practical level, not the ‘zero defect’ level that was claimed as the proper goal. I’m often quoted for asking ‘what is the simplest thing that could possibly work?’ This is a good question to ask when progress slows. My logic is that it is easier to make a working system better than to create a great system from scratch.”

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