Maybe this would be better on cf-community, but.. At 08:51 AM 6/18/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Great article today in MSNBC.com regarding software and why it's so bad: >http://www.msnbc.com/news/768401.asp?0dm=N11LT > >Quote: >"Even a few members of the software-is-different school believe that some >programming practices must be reformed. "We don't learn from our >mistakes," says Rand's Pfleeger" > >One thing I disagree with in this article is mainly that they're >forgetting a huge factor. The huge factor being that sometimes specs are >out of the engineers hands. If I get a code spec for something a client >wants and it's silly, I push back as much as I can and try to steer on the >right path, but ... doesn't mean that the client will always listen.
As a good consultant (or employee or software engineer) it is really your responsibility to prevent the client (or your boss) from making bad decisions. (In my experience) Controlling clients is the hardest part of any consulting. :) Luckily my biggest problem is feature creep and not being asked to do things that I consider foolish. -- Jeffry Houser | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Need a Web Developer? Contact me! AIM: Reboog711 | Fax / Phone: 203-630-9175 -- My CFMX Book: <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0072225564/instantcoldfu-20> My Books: http://www.instantcoldfusion.com My Band: http://www.farcryfly.com ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
