Yes, there's the one-time retraining cost. But then there's the net present value of the flow of recurring/subsequent training costs for that product. Those subsequent training costs may vary! Thus the net present value may be different, and that ought to factor into the business case, too.
Another way to look at this phenomenon is to determine the productivities of the products over time, then put those into the business cases. The productivities of various products can vary. This isn't "philosophical." If those subsequent potential cost differentials are ones that you don't agree with, OK, we'll just have to agree to disagree. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
