At 2003-08-28T18:37:34Z, Nathan E Norman <nnorman@incanus.net> 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...." -- Kirk Strauser
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