[AccessD] Somewhat OT: Secrets of successful IT projects

LOL, ditto on that!

My favorite from a department head at a government office: I have to have a
"brand name"...
Why?
"My son works for Best Buy and said I should get that brand".
Best Buy doesn't sell that brand. What does your son do there?
"He's a lawyer in the corporate office".
Sigh...

I spec'ed out 6 of these of various items as similarly as possible, only one
of which cost more than the son's recommendation. I made my recommedation.
He choose the son's (which was probably against regulations since it cost
more). Just over a year later he told me he would have to eat crow and admit
he made a mistake.

(Didn't matter to me, I'm not a hardware vendor but rather than say I told
you so I just said I'm sad to hear that because I always want things to work
the best that they can possibly work for all of clients bla, bla, bla...

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Hindman
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 8:06 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Somewhat OT: Secrets of successful IT projects

...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