Estimates & promise dates. Anytime someone is doing something new, producing an estimate of when it will be done is tough. How do you know how long it will take to do something you've never done before?
Then if you include the fact that your suppliers have the same problem (unable to accurately predict completion dates) you begin to see how tough it is. Now, add to that a customer base (or management base) who wants you to DELIVER ON TIME and is constantly pressing you with questions like "how soon can you have it done". Suddenly, you're giving optimistic estimates based on optimistic estimates from your suppliers. Meeting these dates is nearly impossible. In the end, it will take what it takes. You can stand there and watch the kettle boil but you won't get your tea any sooner that way and if you keep taking off the stove the measure the temperature, it just might take longer. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one having these sorts of issues at work :-) - Keith N1AS - - K2 5411.ssb.100 - _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
