William Hindman
wdhindman at bellsouth.net
Tue Dec 6 08:06:24 CST 2005
...lol ...I see that with virtually every prospect ...a relative or an in-house power user determined to impress the boss ...asking irelevant questions just to prove he knows something ...which of course he doesn't :) William ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk> To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 8:31 AM Subject: Re: [AccessD] Somewhat OT: Secrets of successful IT projects > 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 > http://thetowncrank.blogspot.com > www.swerbach.com > Security Page: www.swerbach.com/security > > 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/ > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >