* Simon Wilcox ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> At 11:12 13/02/2001 +0000, you wrote:
> > > This is all fine but there is a big cloud. We have a new IT manager who
> > > wants to bring all development into one team and use a single toolset for
> > > web based applications.
> >
> >why dont you just track both projects for a while and get some results
> >about the current productivity of both teams, say a month or two.
>
> We don't actually have any developers and deciding what to recruit is at
> the core of the issue. I covered the code development for the intranet but
> I have to spend too much time on managing the process now & the job
> management system sub-ed out all the development.
>
> We could go forward with contract staff for a few months but there is
> already a perception that they don't want to "waste" development in one
> language by ditching it later.
>
ok then carry out the analysis on historical information that is relevant
to your company, to even the playing field, cost yourself as a contractor
and see which of the two projects has the post functionality vs. cost
this is the sort of analysis that IT managers should be good at
--
Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
