HA! Do 30 variations of a weekly print ad for national newspaper distribution. Spend half that week getting the layouts approved. Now have the mgmt tell you on the day the ads have to go out that all the product needs to be changed in all 30 ads and if it doesn't get done and out by today your fired. Now repeat that every week.
Candace, you have my sympathies. If you are in the powerless position I suspect you are you can either tell them what has to happen or quit. Been there and it sucked. Kevin Graeme > -----Original Message----- > From: Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 11:50 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: The Time - not Morris Day > > > Couple of thoughts: > > 1. For any development, set a realistic estimate and delivery date. Try > to do this before you actually start working on it. It's guestimating > but it'll help big time. > 2. If you've got tons of people asking for stuff it might be time to ask > for help. Perhaps you might need another developer there to handle some > of hte load > 3. If people want things fast, explain that there will be more time > spent making requested changes than if you had a solid list of requests > to work from. > 4. Set your standards and set your goals realistically. If someone > wants something and you don't think you can get it done in that amount > of time, tell them. > > All of these take time, but they'll help! > > Hatton > > Candace Cottrell wrote: > > >Time... ahhh... how can we find it without working ourselves into a > >frenzy? > > > >Do you all ever having 50 people breathing down your neck wanting their > >issue taken care of... THEIR application built by x date, THEIR > >yaddyaddablahablah > > > >I'm the alpha and the omega here regarding anything pertaining to the > >web. > >Do you all ever find it hard to build apps the "right" way versus the > >"fast" way? > > > >I'm on the brink of a temper tantrum. I know I should be doing things a > >certain way, but I cant tell that to the "guys upstairs" who want their > >stuff done yesterday. > > > >Am I overreaacting? > > > >Candace K. Cottrell, Web Developer > >The Children's Medical Center > >One Children's Plaza > >Dayton, OH 45404 > >937-641-4293 > >http://www.childrensdayton.org > > > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
