On Mon, 12 Apr 2010, Ryan Eby wrote:
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But I'm
guessing they've thought about the data and what benefits they would
get out of the backend.
Wow. You obviously don't work with the same folks that I do.
I've been attached to one project for about 16 months now, while the rest
of the team's been together for 4 years ... I've been trying to get a few
changes made to better support my user community (basically, all of the
people who don't have access to their system, or don't want to spend the 6
months using the system 'to be able to do something almost useful'.
About 2-3 months ago, the main project team finally realized that they
have *no*idea* what the user community wants or needs.
Oh, and they have to go live on April 21st. I'm expecting a major 'wtf?'
reaction from the majority of the community.
-Joe
