digressions

Healthy software projects demonstrate a sequence of increasing progressions and decreasing digressions as they resolve uncertainties and converge on an acceptable solution.

在解决不确定性，会师于一个可接受的解决方案的过程中，健康的软件项目表现为一个进展不断增加，弯路不断减少的序列。

The main theme of the book is obscured by frequent digressions.

该书文字枝蔓,主题不明.

The text is dotted with digressions.

文中时不时会出现偏离主题的内容。

Put details and digressions in footnotes. Then delete the footnotes.

把细节和离题的东西放到脚注, 然后删除脚注.

After several digressions, he finally got to the point.

说了几句题外话后，他终于言归正传。

Rather than a linear progression ( often dishonest) of earned value, a healthy project will exhibit an honest sequence of progressions and digressions.

一个健康的项目将诚实地展示出一个进展与背离共存的序列，而不是一个线性发展价值递增的轨迹（通常是不诚实的）。

The question and answer format allows for digressions and repetitions.

书的问答格式导致(内容的)离题和重复.