Nov 09, 2007 8:16 AM
Replying to Andy Smith
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I worked on the original development of the SUMMIT-D methodology in 1986-1989. I can confirm that 'SUMMIT' was never an acronym - just a branding, with some nice connotations of being at the top of its kind and so on. The 'D' stood for delivery, while the sister product SUMMIT-S had an 'S' for strategy.
The acronym you quote shows creativity on someone's part, but it was never envisioned by the developers and subsequent marketers of SUMMIT.
Other SUMMIT products were added to the 'family' later, including SUMMIT-M - for maintenance.
I'm delighted to hear that SUMMIT-D is still in use, though! I'd love to hear what sort of project you're using it for...
Best wishes...