In software development, iterate has two meanings. From a process perspective, it means to repeat the same process over and over. That’s why the development time-box used in Agile development is often called an iteration. But when you use this term to describe what you’re doing with the software you build, it means to evaluate and change it. And changing software after it’s built is too often seen as a failure. It’s where terms like bad requirements or scope creep get used to reprimand the people who made decisions about what to build. But we all know that change is a necessary result of
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