Part 2. Scalability

Theo feels a bit uncomfortable about the meeting with Joe. He was so enthusiastic about DOP, and he was very good at teaching it. Every meeting with him was an opportunity to learn new things. Theo feels lot of gratitude for the time Joe spent with him. He doesn’t want to hurt him in any fashion. Surprisingly, Joe enters the office with the same relaxed attitude as usual, and he is even smiling.

    JOE I’m really glad that you got the deal with Nancy.

  THEO Yeah. There’s lot of excitement about it here in the office, and a bit of stress too.

    JOE What kind of stress?

  THEO You know... . We need to hire a team of developers, and the deadlines are quite tight.

    JOE But you told me that you won’t use DOP. I assume that you gave regular deadlines?

  THEO No, my boss Monica really wanted to close the deal. She feels that success with this project is strategically important for Albatross, so it’s worthwhile to accept some risk by giving what she calls an “optimistic” time estimation. I told her that it was really an unrealistic time estimation, but Monica insists that if we make smart decisions and bring in more developers, we can do it.

    JOE I see. Now I understand why you told me over the phone that you were very busy. Anyway, would you please share the reasons that made you think DOP wouldn’t be a good fit at scale?