Design by committee is a term referring to a style of design and its resultant output when a group of entities comes together to produce something, particularly in the presence of poor leadership. The defining characteristics of "design by committee" are needless complexity, internal inconsistency, logical flaws, banality, and the lack of a unifying vision.
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#ActualHodgman
Posted 01 March 2012 - 02:26 AM
Just so you know, you might not want to call it that
#1Hodgman
Posted 01 March 2012 - 12:55 AM
Just so you know, you might not want to call it that.
Design by committee is a term referring to a style of design and its resultant output when a group of entities comes together to produce something, particularly in the presence of poor leadership. The defining characteristics of "design by committee" are needless complexity, internal inconsistency, logical flaws, banality, and the lack of a unifying vision.