Ted Roche wrote: > On 7/3/07, Matthew Jarvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>If they can't state >>the problem into a few simple sentences, then they either don't >>understand the problem, haven't thought it thru all the way, or just >>want to throw money at a problem to make it go away... >> > > > You say "throwing money" like it's a bad thing ;) > > Dead on advice, though. Once I get the client to give me a > one-sentence definition of the project, each scope change can be > challenged with "Is this essential for us to <restate mission>?" and > it can help clear away a lot of the gratuitous gold-plating. >
I may be overly sensitive to this subject of 'vagueness' these days.... The other day the boss wanted me to add a number to one of our intranet webpages thats a 'dashboard' kinda thing showing a snapshot of the overall picture of how the company is doing.... to make it look a bit different and stand out more, I suggested we make it Blue. He said "that sounds great!" I make the change... an hour later he calls me up and lights into me about how the shade color of blue is all wrong.... it was both laughable and pathetic at the same time... this went on and on and on for 20 minutes... at about the same time I was about to slam down the phone and storm into his office, I realized that getting fired or quitting over "the color of blue" just wouldn't be the best choice either of us could make... To his credit he later apologized.... Matthew S. Jarvis IT Manager Bike Friday - "Performance that Packs." www.bikefriday.com 541/687-0487 x140 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
