[AccessD] Re: Determining Time for Project

I remember sitting in a meeting with a client and the head of our
company. The client asked if we could do a particular thing and the boss
said, "yes, these guys can just push a button" while pointing to me and
a co-worker. It took us three months to build the button.

Gary

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte
Foust
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 1:31 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: RE: Re: [AccessD] Re: Determining Time for Project

Bryan,

Non-developers never understand why it takes so long.  They figure if
they throw a few more people at it or leave out a few things, you can do
it in a week ... Or a month ... Or 90 days ... Or whatever.  I remember
telling a former employer that the major system they had been assured by
IT could be in place in 6 months would take at least 18, if ever.  I was
NOT popular, but guess what? <VBG>

Charlotte

-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Carbonnell [mailto:carbonnb at sympatico.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 10:07 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: Re: [AccessD] Re: Determining Time for Project


> From: "Martin Reid" <mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk>

> http://c85.cemi.rssi.ru/access/Books/A97ExSol/contents.htm
> 
> Dont know how legal this is re copyright etc but its on the web

Thanks Martin. I found this as well.

And thanks to everyone who has answered. I appreciate your answers. 

My boss didn't appreciate *MY* answer on the time it would take, but
that's a different story :)


--
Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at sympatico.ca
Unfortunately common sense isn't so common!