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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

It’s beginning to sound like the Space Shuttle Challenger. Warned of problems, management went ahead and launched.


For those of us in IT this was an easy call when the first problems were reported. Management driven dates, no time for testing. converting 30 man days of work into 30 contractors doing it in one day...stuff like that.

I’ve witnessed such disasters in my career and this one looks to be the biggest and most impactive in the history of electronic computing.

It’s kinda fun to watch, in a sort of schadenfreude way. :-)


9 posted on 10/22/2013 3:46:33 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: cuban leaf

Like one woman birthing a baby in nine months or nine women birthing a baby in one month, huh?!


18 posted on 10/22/2013 3:57:14 AM PDT by Real Cynic No More (Border Fence Obamacare!)
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To: cuban leaf
Management driven dates, no time for testing. converting 30 man days of work into 30 contractors doing it in one day...stuff

Oh man, just had some nasty flash-backs there! When you sincerely want to deliver a good product and you're on the receiving end of that kind of management incompetence, it's painful...

58 posted on 10/22/2013 7:26:09 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: cuban leaf

This is totally beyond the pale and will be the Prime Rib of IT Follies and Bloopers of the Ages.

As a software engineer I’ve seen plenty of bad ideas put into projects, but no company on earth would ever go forward and implement a package of this scope and breadth without testing.


59 posted on 10/22/2013 9:36:08 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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