Monty Shultes wrote:
You can have your novel, one-of-a-kind, never-done-before project on
time, or on budget, or on spec. But you can't have all three.
Most people opt for the delay in order to hold the price down and
maintain quality.
<ROTFL> Wow, Monty, where do (did) you work? I want to appply for a position
there!
With the exception of my current employer (thankfully), in my thirty years
working in various Silicon Valley high-tech companies, the development project
priorities have usually been, in this order:
(A) Schedule
(B) Budget
(C) Spec (features, quality, performance, etc.)
Of course, in the mad 80-hours-a-week rush to meet the ship deadline set by
Marketing, all kinds of things would be done wrong, or poorly, or not at all,
and (C) would go completely out the window, to levels even Sales couldn't
stomach. This would then require much redesign, rework, retest, etc., blowing
both (A) and (B) out of the water anyway.
And Management would do this again, and again, and again...
One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while
continuing to expect a different result each time. I'll tell you, most of the
high-tech companies I've worked for were certifiable! :-)
Bill / W5WVO
Everyone sets achieving all three as a goal. Missing the timeline is
not surprising. I just ordered my K3 and will be smiling in
anticipation of its arrival next year. Meanwhile, anybody want an
Icom 756 Pro II?
Monty, K2DLJ
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