Re: Deploying a fully integrated system

From: Ana C. Dent <anacedent_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 17:50:03 GMT
Message-ID: <Xns95306E36CA985SunnySD@68.12.19.6>

Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in news:1090545315.818182_at_yasure:

> Ana C. Dent wrote:
> 
>>  Gabo wrote:
>>  
>> 

>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>This is a general question, we are getting ready for a major overhall
>>>of all of our systems into an integrated system. We have backends in
>>>Access,Excel and Oracle, different client-based front ends, tables
>>>that need to be denormalized and nothing currently talks with
>>>anything. The departments affected are numerous.
>>>
>>>My question is how do I begin to tackle this problem. Are there any
>>>books or articles that would help me? Which issues do I tackle first?
>>>Do I need a DataFlow chart of old and new system? We will be using
>>>Oracle as our backend and we have a JAVA front-end program that we
>>>will be using for most of this integration which hasn't been totally
>>>designed yet.
>>>
>>>What steps should I follow to help ensure success of the project.
>>>
>>>Thank you for any suggestions

>> 
>>  
>> You are following the classic directions for  ending in Hades.
>> 
>> Ready, Fire, AIM!
>> 
>> 

>>>will be using for most of this integration which hasn't been totally
>>>designed yet.
>>>

>> 
>> 
>> You don't know what the design is (yet), but you are already coding. 
>> Big SIGH!
>> 
>> 
>> READY, FIRE, AIM.
>> I suspect that you'll still be coding & designing a year from now
>> and a year after that.
> 
> Maybe he's being paid by the hour?
> 
> Daniel Morgan
> 
> 

Or being paid by the line of code produced.

Never confuse movement with progress.
Going around in circles is movement, but few consider it progress. Received on Sat Jul 24 2004 - 12:50:03 CDT