[AccessD] Ded Moroz sends you links on sample projects... :)

<<< 
2 man years later: STILL NOT FINISHED. 
Cost of the project: DOUBLE what I
had estimated.
>>>
That could have been partially that customer problem if they often change
their requirements/specs on the go.

<<<
They had lost their 3rd party control licenses and
therefore nothing could be done with the existing vb source code (does that
sound familiar ?).
>>>
Do you mean VB.NET?
I, personally, do not use third-party controls for .NET development - I have
a had a couple projects where GUI with Infragistics controls was rewritten
using native WinForms controls...

<<<
2 man years later: STILL NOT FINISHED. Cost of the project: DOUBLE what I
had estimated.
>>>
Usual story for MS Access/VBA/VB6 but not for .NET development...

Thank you.

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Simms
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To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Ded Moroz sends you links on sample projects... :)

> > 10000% :)
> Shamil - Why then are the predominance of dot-net projects over-time 
> and over-budget ?
> You must the exception !!
>

This is aimed at John: Remember that Client I had 2 years ago that was
considering a re-write to Access ? Well to solve one of their problems, in 3
months I finished-up an Access "bolt-on" to their VB-based CRM (that took 4
man-years to build). They had lost their 3rd party control licenses and
therefore nothing could be done with the existing vb source code (does that
sound familiar ?).

Long story short: I proposed a rewrite in Access 2007 with a read-only
deployment to the web. They instead signed to have the app rewritten in
dot-net with NO web deployment.
2 man years later: STILL NOT FINISHED. Cost of the project: DOUBLE what I
had estimated.




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