問題文
The group has to pick between two ways of holding its data. One of them cannot be undone once customers are running on it; the other can be walked back within a week. The section on front loading says what to do about a choice of the first kind, and then names a cost of doing it. Which cost is that?
選択肢
- The later stages themselves are surely made dearer, because the alternatives are explored thoroughly before the choice that cannot be undone is finally settled.
- The range of the alternatives is surely narrowed, because the choice that cannot be undone is settled prematurely before the alternatives are explored.
- The risk is surely moved onto the team that runs the product, because the choice that cannot be undone is settled prematurely before the alternatives themselves are explored.
- The development process itself is surely slowed down, because the alternatives are explored thoroughly before the choice that cannot be undone is finally settled.