Tree swing cartoon

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Tree swing cartoon
oldest known version from 1973

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The tree swing cartoon (translated tree swing cartoon ) and tire swing cartoon (translated Tire Swing cartoon ) is a famous cartoon - or rather comic , because he made several panels is (pictures) - the development stages of a project within a company shows and different points of view, communication patterns and interests of those involved in product development satirized . The different perspectives of those involved are shown using different variants of a swing on a tree.

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The classic tree swing cartoon shows different variants of a swing attached to a tree on six panels.

  1. Panel 1 shows a board swing attached to a branch of a tree, but with 3 boards one above the other in the manner of a rope ladder .
  2. Panel 2 shows a similar board swing, but with three instead of two ropes.
  3. In the third panel, the board swing is not attached to the branch but to the trunk of the tree and lies on the ground.
  4. In panel 4, the swing was attached to two opposite branches so that the trunk prevented it from swinging.
  5. Panel 4's problem was solved in the fifth panel by sawing out part of the trunk. The upper part of the tree is held in the air by wooden supports on the sides.
  6. In the sixth and last panel, a car tire is attached to the branch as a swing with a rope.

The captions assign individual participants in product development to the images. The variations of the cartoon differ in the specific assignment. What most of them have in common, however, is the assignment of the tire swing to the actual wishes of the customer.

The cartoon is also received and quoted as an “what a customer really needed / wanted” example because it humorously shows the differences,

Even if the cartoon dates back to the 1960s and the procedure in product development has changed significantly since then, the problems identified are always present, albeit to a lesser extent. With the help of systematic requirements elicitation , precise requirements analysis and suitable requirements management , attempts are made to avoid errors or to identify and correct them at an early stage of product development.

history

The cartoon was reportedly first published as an ink drawing in the 1960s and has since been modified, copied, redrawn and expanded several times. A copy in a newsletter of the Computer Center of the University of London from 1973 has survived as a caricature of how ( software ) projects often run.

The cartoon has been translated into a number of other languages ​​(e.g. Arabic, Chinese, Finnish, French, Dutch, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese, Swedish, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish, Hungarian). A variation appeared as a Super Mario graphic. The book Guide to Good Programming Practice shows a single image of a tree swing from the cartoon on the title page.

Web links

Commons : Tree swing cartoon  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Grechenig: software technology. Pearson Deutschland GmbH, 2010, ISBN 978-3-868-94007-7 , p. 46 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  2. ↑ Adam Smith: Tomorrowland: Scenarios for law firms beyond the horizon ( pdf , English)
  3. ↑ Tree swing cartoon pictures (early versions). In: businessballs.com. Retrieved July 30, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Tree swing pictures. In: businessballs.de. Archived from the original on July 19, 2013 ; accessed on July 30, 2019 (English).
  5. ^ University of London Computer Center Newsletter , No. 53, March 1973 ( online at Know Your Meme ).
  6. ^ Gallery. In: projectcartoon.com. Retrieved July 30, 2018 .
  7. ↑ BL Meek, PM Heath (Ed.): Guide to Good Programming Practice ( ISBN 0-85312-145-1 (Ellis Hoarwood Ltd, Publishers), ISBN 0-470-26869-7 (Halstead Press)).
  8. ↑ Tree swing pictures. In: businessballs.de. Archived from the original on July 19, 2013 ; accessed on July 30, 2019 (English).