On 2/23/2005 15:35, Matt Barrow wrote:

wrote in message
ups.com...
Sad thing is tht there was probably an engineer that said to his boss
"Sir, the crank is undersize for this increase in horsepower. We
should up the diameter and change the crankcase accordingly".
Management reply: "That would cost too much and marketing says we need
this engine ready next month. No time or money for re-tooling or a new
casting. Make it work"

I hear this kind of warped logic all the time where I am now.....


Hmmm...Colin Kingsbury (in this group) says that sort of thing is common in
software development and infers that it's a _good thing_.



Well, with software development, the goal is most often to meet the
sales deadline, so the money can be counted "in the quarter". As
a software developer, I can tell you that it's been a while since
I've been able to complete a project on schedule - in fact, we
often don't have time to even work out the schedules any more.

The hardware business is a little more cut and dried. After all,
if you produce an engine with a faulty crank, it's pretty hard
to apply a patch ;-)


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Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL
Sacramento, CA