>I don't think a single compile cycle per half day Hm... I read this quite diffe...

igouy · on Sept 18, 2019

Let's check those sources.

1) "A brief history of agile methods" asserts:

1958 — Project Mercury (NASA) software development, ran with half-day iterations.

The only thing that looks like it could be intended as evidence for that assertion is the Larman and Basili article.

2) "Rockets before Rovers" asserts:

Project Mercury did half-day iterations with test first development!

The only thing that looks like it could be intended as evidence for that assertion is the Larman and Basili article.

3) So there only seems to be one source — Larman and Basili "Iterative and Incremental Development: A Brief History" — which asserts:

"Project Mercury ran with very short (half-day) iterations that were time boxed." page 2

Where's the evidence for that assertion?

afaict the Larman and Basili article does not provide a source as evidence for that assertion?

So we're left with nothing.