Hilarious Novella About a Young Analyst with Only a Minute to Spare Once upon a time there was a young systems analyst who was looking for an effective systems methodology. . . . So begins Ken Orr's satire of a nameless protagonist on a Faustian quest. What he finds is the ultimate methodology for those who want to make their managers happy without actually giving them anything. Based on such concepts as total data independence (the output has nothing to do with the input), the rule of management (management is not interested in information, only in being happy), and the one Minute life cycle, The One Minute Methodology is perfect for those who are willing to try the impossible--in only one minute! With tongue in cheek, the author lampoons the current sad state of software development. "Everything today is speed, speed, speed, " he writes. "Our executives . . . want everything now and to be told that getting information is going to take time is just unacceptable. I simply had to come up with abetter method." Take a minute now for this hilarious look at the lunacy of companies racing to become the next McDonald's of management information systems. This book will change forever your view of systems development.