> > A friend of mine was involved in a similar project. They spent months > interviewing users to determine exactly how the system would be used, what > the users wanted and designing the interface screens. They then submitted > the results to the big boss who promptly set about changing it to what she > thought the users wanted despite never actually using the system herself - > a > waste of time and money!!
I was once part of a team of contractors working at a place and we were about a month away from going live w/ phase two of the project. Phase one saved that company over a MILLION dollars a month, and they were paying us probably about $25k total per month... do the math... Phase two would have saved them another TWO MILLION per month... (auditing medical claims for workers comp). BUT the new Big Boss for IT was a mainframe guy and couldn't be bothered w/ having all of us FoxPro guys running around, so pulled the plug on the whole thing w/o notice. I'll never forget that day... our team leader brought all of us into a conference room, saying the gig was over, gather your stuff and get out... as we were leaving the room we got word that the first gulf war had started about an hour before... surreal day... Thanks, Matthew Jarvis || Business Systems Analyst IT Department McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center 1460 G Street, Springfield, OR 97477 || Ph: 541-744-6092 || Fax: 541-744-6145 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: This electronic message may contain information that is Proprietary, Confidential, or legally privileged or protected. It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) and entity named in the message. If you are not an intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately and delete the material from your computer. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this message and do not disclose its contents or take any action in reliance on the information it contains. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/69f310c05dd83c48a84ba3769ce1ecf805ab5...@tntriexevs02.triadhospitals.net ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
