[AccessD] Somewhat OT: Secrets of successful IT projects

Gustav Brock Gustav at cactus.dk
Tue Dec 6 07:31:03 CST 2005


Hi Steve

Neither have I, but if you move to the other extreme, I guess we all have experienced a meeting with a small business owner discussing a project of great importance for that business. "You know, I'm not that good at all that computing/IT stuff so I invited my son/nephew/brother-in-law/whatever - he/she knows a lot about it!". And this little fellow has to prove that and puts all the current buzzwords forward. If you can tell "yes we use this and that _technology_ ... bla bla .." he/she calms down and you can move on to the core of the project.

/gustav

>>> erbachs at gmail.com 06-12-2005 13:51 >>>
Gustav,

You zeroed in on one of my favorite sections.  But since I haven't ever
worked in a large project environment I've never experienced the kind of
budget that would support this bit of subversive diversion.

Regards,

Steve Erbach
Scientific Marketing
Neenah, WI
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On 12/6/05, Gustav Brock <Gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:
>
> Hi Steve
>
> I love these paragraphs. Nice trick:
>
> <quote>
>
> It takes courage and willpower to adopt a relatively conservative approach
> to development work and select the technology appropriate for the
> application. When I plan a project, I generally construct a "playpen" area
> in which all the latest technologies are used to develop a non-critical
> project component, and then let the team take turns developing it.
>
> The staff gets to put all sorts of skills and technologies on their CVs,
> and the pressure is off to prematurely adopt fancy technology for the
> project's serious deliverables. We can then inform the project sponsor that
> we are using glitzy technology just like in the advertisements, and everyone
> is happy.
>
> </quote>
>
> /gustav
>
> >>> erbachs at gmail.com 05-12-2005 20:54 >>>
> Dear Group,
>
> I do a lot more reading of SQL Server resources and .NET resources these
> days.  The technology moves on.  I found this new article on SQL Server
> Central and I thought you lot would find that it confirms things you've
> learned about project management of software development:
>
> http://www.simple-talk.com/2005/11/17/secrets-of-successful-it-projects/ 





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