Re: OT (humor): "Not in Plan" response to requirements

2008-01-30 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Thigpen > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:04 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: OT (humor): "Not in Plan" response to requirements

Re: OT (humor): "Not in Plan" response to requirements

2008-01-30 Thread pfa
unctioning, especially these days! Ah, where is my hydrosolator when I need it! [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 01/30/2008 01:29 PM Please respond to IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: OT (humor): "Not in Plan" response to requirements

Re: OT (humor): "Not in Plan" response to requirements

2008-01-30 Thread O'Brien, Dennis L
>Has this capability been anounced yet? We could really use that. >I tried reversing the polarity but, despite all the Star Trek I've >watched, it didn't help. Perhaps I should have watched some MacGyver. >Brian Nielsen Perhaps you've run into a case that's covered by the maxim that was poste

Re: OT (humor): "Not in Plan" response to requirements

2008-01-30 Thread Gregg C Levine
: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Alan Altmark > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:29 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: OT (humor): "Not in Plan" response to requirements > > On Wednesday, 01/30/2008 at 10:40 EST, Brian Ni

Re: OT (humor): "Not in Plan" response to requirements

2008-01-30 Thread Tony Thigpen
Did you try a sonic screwdriver? Tony Thigpen -Original Message - From: Brian Nielsen Sent: 01/30/2008 10:39 AM On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:58:07 -0500, Alan Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "I want to grow my virtual server farm by 15% every 6 months, as measured by billions of micr

Re: OT (humor): "Not in Plan" response to requirements

2008-01-30 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 01/30/2008 at 10:40 EST, Brian Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried reversing the polarity but, despite all the Star Trek I've > watched, it didn't help. Perhaps I should have watched some MacGyver. Ah, a Classics man. Reversing the polarity is s Old School; it's not

Re: OT (humor): "Not in Plan" response to requirements

2008-01-30 Thread Stracka, James (GTI)
You can watch "Burn Notice" when it comes back. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Nielsen Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 10:39 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: OT (humor): "Not in Plan" resp

OT (humor): "Not in Plan" response to requirements

2008-01-30 Thread Brian Nielsen
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:58:07 -0500, Alan Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: >"I want to grow my virtual server farm by 15% every 6 months, as >measured by billions of microthingies per fortnight, but there is >no Golden Widget that allows me to frangle a self-supporting >side-bender efficiently.

Re: "Not in Plan" response to requirements

2008-01-30 Thread Huegel, Thomas
ry 29, 2008 7:19 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: "Not in Plan" response to requirements > Sometimes a requirement does not pass Go or collect $200 and is rejected > or accepted outright. Of course, business needs change all the time, so a > Rejection or Acceptance

Re: "Not in Plan" response to requirements

2008-01-29 Thread David Boyes
> Sometimes a requirement does not pass Go or collect $200 and is rejected > or accepted outright. Of course, business needs change all the time, so a > Rejection or Acceptance is no guarantee that it will never see the light > of day or that it will be in release n+1. > > But remember that our r

Re: "Not in Plan" response to requirements

2008-01-29 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 01/29/2008 at 03:24 EST, David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After having written up a lot of the requirements discussed here and submitting > them through a recognized user group, I received a number of rejection notices > with a reason of ?not in plan?. > > Could someone a

Re: "Not in Plan" response to requirements

2008-01-29 Thread David Boyes
> But in the end, you'd like IBM not to reject the requirements, but > implement them... Making it harder to reject them is a way to > influence the trade-off, but not the most efficient way. Yes. The basic tradeoff I'd hope for is that the response at least be thoughtful enough to tell us why the

Re: "Not in Plan" response to requirements

2008-01-29 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Jan 29, 2008 9:45 PM, Huegel, Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It may be a requirement to ask IBM to prepare better 'rejection > documentation'. But in the end, you'd like IBM not to reject the requirements, but implement them... Making it harder to reject them is a way to influence the tra

Re: "Not in Plan" response to requirements

2008-01-29 Thread Huegel, Thomas
It may be a requirement to ask IBM to prepare better 'rejection documentation'. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Boyes Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 2:22 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: "Not in

"Not in Plan" response to requirements

2008-01-29 Thread David Boyes
After having written up a lot of the requirements discussed here and submitting them through a recognized user group, I received a number of rejection notices with a reason of "not in plan". Could someone at IBM explain this reason a little further? I thought the point of user requirements was