The document discusses flexibility in design, noting that while flexibility allows designs to adapt to external changes, it is important to understand the technical, architectural, and political flexibility of a design. The document provides pointers for flexible designs, recommending a strict output format, flexible input, being comfortable but also reasonable with flexibility.

1. When Flexibility Backfires
Yann Monclair

2. Flexibility?

3. refers to designs that can adapt when
external changes occur (wikipedia.org)

4. Know your Flexibility
• Understand
• Explain
• Visualize

5. Know your Flexibility
• Technical
• Architectural
• Political

6. Know your Flexibility
• Where
• When
• How

7. self instVarAt: indexOfInstVar put: aValue

8. (flexibility) not = ?

9. (flexibility) not = strict

10. A Few Pointers
• Strict output format

11. A Few Pointers
• Strict output format
• Flexible input format

12. A Few Pointers
• Strict output format
• Flexible input format
• Be comfortable :-)

13. A Few Pointers
• Strict output format
• Flexible input format
• Be comfortable :-)
• Be reasonable!