At 09:27 AM Monday 7/10/2006, Dan Minette wrote:
[snip]
Fourth, optimistic projections by marketing need to be taken with a 100 kg
bag of salt. One has to extend the time frame and cut the amount. My usual
rule of thumb for something that's doable is multiply time by 2 and divide
the promised output by 2.
I thought the rule of thumb was to multiply time by 2 _and_ change to
the next higher time unit. Frex, when marketing (or management, or
in general anyone whose primary job is to make things look good to
customers or the public at large, and that definitely includes
politicians) says that something will take one week to accomplish,
expect the real time to be not less than 2 months . . .
-- Ronn! :)
_______________________________________________
http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
