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OT somewhat: What do you wish clients understood about contracting/   Message List  
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Re: [agile-testing] OT somewhat: What do you wish clients understood about contracting/consulting?

estherschindler wrote:

> There's just one question to answer: If you could get the (client) boss(es)
to understand
> JUST ONE THING about computer consulting and contracting, what would it be?

That short-term incremental time estimates are priceless and long-term
"big requirements up front" time estimates are worse than useless.

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Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:46 pm

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Sorry for the OT post but I'm positive that several people here are consultants... or work with them. I'm writing another article in my "5 Things the CIO...
estherschindler
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Jul 27, 2007
7:57 pm

I would wish that upper management would be more open to the possiblity that sometimes they are part of the problem. In other words, when upper management sees...
Steven Gordon
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Jul 27, 2007
9:18 pm

Hey, why be tactful? It's often most useful to whack an exec on the side of the head. And it's one reason that this sort of article can be useful... it isn't...
estherschindler
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Jul 27, 2007
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E, Anonymous Scrum/XP Coach, unless you have a better suggestion. S...
Steven Gordon
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Jul 29, 2007
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Well I *do* have a better suggestion -- or at least a strong need for one. If I'm writing for CIOs and top managers, I need them to know that this article has ...
estherschindler
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Jul 31, 2007
6:19 pm

... That short-term incremental time estimates are priceless and long-term "big requirements up front" time estimates are worse than useless. -- Phlip ...
Phlip
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Jul 27, 2007
9:22 pm

Michael Bolton wrote a dynamite article that begins: "AS A CONSULTANT, I’M OFTEN BROUGHT INTO NEW SITUATIONS—COMPANIES OR departments that are unfamiliar...
Brian Marick
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Jul 27, 2007
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Hi Esther, I think the best thing to say about contracts is that it would be better if they never left the drawers. Contracts are just a formalization about...
Samuel Crescêncio
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Jul 28, 2007
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... Just checking, did you get the reply I sent off-list? - George -- ... * George Dinwiddie * http://blog.gdinwiddie.com Software...
George Dinwiddie
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Thanks for your help with my article! I'm happy to report that it's live. Getting Clueful: Nine Things CIOs Should Know About Computer Consulting and...
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