On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 16:40, Kirk Strauser wrote: > At 2003-08-28T18:37:34Z, Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'd guess the latter. I've seen what could have been good software > > engineering if management had been willing to work within the system. > > I wasn't thinking - 'nuff said. > > Yeah, I remember a particular manager that was duly impressed by the > detailed and useful design documents that my team had developed. About 2 > months into the 6 month project, he wanted to know what the project looked > like. "Oh, it's coming along well," we said. "See, we've already > implemented and tested all of these components." > > "That's nice," said Manager, "but what does it *look* like?" > > Us: "Huh?" > > Him: "Can you demo the interface?" > > Us: "Erm, no. We won't even start on the user interface for another two > months." > > Him: "YOU'VE BEEN WORKING FOR TWO MONTHS AND YOU CAN'T EVEN DEMO IT?!?" > > Us: "Well, I can show you how the modules look. See? I just frobnitzed the > knob from 500 miles away!" > > Him: "So, I'm supposed to tell my boss that there's NOT EVEN A DEMO > INTERFACE?!?" > > Us: "Well, right...."
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