On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 16:15:14 -0600, you wrote:
>Monty Shultes wrote:
>
>> You can have your novel, one-of-a-kind, never-done-before project on
>> time, or on budget, or on spec. But you can't have all three.
>>
>> Most people opt for the delay in order to hold the price down and
>> maintain quality.
>
><ROTFL> Wow, Monty, where do (did) you work? I want to appply for a position
>there!
>
>With the exception of my current employer (thankfully), in my thirty years
>working in various Silicon Valley high-tech companies, the development project
>priorities have usually been, in this order:
>
>(A) Schedule
>(B) Budget
>(C) Spec (features, quality, performance, etc.)
>
>Of course, in the mad 80-hours-a-week rush to meet the ship deadline set by
>Marketing, all kinds of things would be done wrong, or poorly, or not at all,
>and (C) would go completely out the window, to levels even Sales couldn't
>stomach. This would then require much redesign, rework, retest, etc., blowing
>both (A) and (B) out of the water anyway.
>
>And Management would do this again, and again, and again...
>
>One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while
>continuing to expect a different result each time. I'll tell you, most of the
>high-tech companies I've worked for were certifiable! :-)
>
>Bill / W5WVO
{snip}
Amen! I retired from the software development rat race in June :o)
Tom, N5GE
http://www.n5ge.com
http://www.eQSL.cc/Member.cfm?N5GE
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