Re: Opinions on approach, please...



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In article <69ugheF351c8iU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Pete Dashwood <dashwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


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Hmmmmm... maintaining conversion for (big customer) creates pain, losing
business from (big customer) creates pain. Sounds like it might be time
for a cost/benefit analysis.


I did that before undertaking it. :-)

A physician who treats himself has a fool for a patient, Mr Dashwood, and
a lawyer who defends herself has a fool for a client... but data
processing professionals who do their own cost-benefit analyses are, in
the words of Goldilocks, juuuuuuusssssst right.

The trick then is to ensure there is
no scope creep that undermines the original estimates. The deliverables
here
are clearly identified.

You've found a way insure that a Corner Office Idiot doesn't slip in a
'well, I'm really Not Technical but I don't see why you can't, while
you're at it, slip in (x)... really, all ya gotta do is...'? Copyright
that method, Mr Dashwood!


Pretty easy really... don't work with Corner Office Idiots.

Work with the people who control them.

Pete.
--
"I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."


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