On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Dave M <[email protected]> wrote: > .. never got off the launchpad because of their inability to come to > consensus on a set of features. I had to conclude that too many cooks > spoiled the broth. Everyone that had input to the project was unwilling to > yield on anyone else's ideas. Hopefully, our project won't degrade into > another such fiasco.
THAT is the number one problem to solve. Technical issues are easy I think the solution is to (1) chop the project up into small enough parts, each on it's own PCB so that each part is "easy" and has some wider user outside the project. (2) Find a mechanical standard so all the PCBs can be mounted in some kind of chassis. I'm thinking now that maybe a 160-3U Eurocard would be about right size. But the parts are expensive. (3) Need some sort of design process that allows everyone to contribute. And everyone can. Projects always are lacking technical writers and quality control people Of those a "process" and "mechanical standard", I think are the hardest. We always give managers a hard time but that is what is needed. The person who will make this happen will be a manager and organizer maybe not a designer. -- ===== Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
