I read in !emc-pstc that oover...@lexmark.com wrote (in <200111051625.LA a06...@interlock2.lexmark.com>) about 'Metrics cost at 1991', on Mon, 5 Nov 2001: >I cannot confirm the following statement but I have attached a link identifying >the actual event. > >Here, supposedly, is a quote from a Petrobras executive extolling the benefits >of cutting QA and inspection cost on the drilling/production platform project >that sunk into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil in March of 2001.
Well, he presumably reaped the reward of 'going too far'. Such failures DO NOT mean that cost reduction, re-appraisals of requirements and the elimination of unnecessary regulation are bad in themselves, but they must not be carried to excess. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Eat mink and be dreary! ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
