In our haste to speed development, we should consider if we are sprinting in the right direction. Is faster time-to-market equally important to every developer? Does a faster cycle time necessarily guarantee success? And how does the answer change from one year to the next?

David N. Card, "Guest Editor's Introduction: The RAD Fad--Is Timing Really Everything?", IEEE Software, vol. 12, no. , pp. 19-23, September 1995, doi:10.1109/MS.1995.10045