In article <412B468D.72D_at_yahoo.com>, Connor McDonald wrote:
> Howard J. Rogers wrote:
>>
> [snip]
>
>> I simply don't understand the basis of the question. I offer you a bodge-job
>> that fixes nothing, but makes things appear OK on the surface for $10,000;
>> and a comprehensive, thorough and "correct" fix of the underlying issues
>> for $15,000; and the gist of your question implies you'd pick the $10,000
>> option?
>>
> [snip]
>
>> Even the lowest end of town must known that 10K today, plus 10K next year,
>> plus 10K the year after is not a 'quick-and-cheap' alternative to paying
>> 15K-right-now-and-that's-all.
>>
>> Regards
>> HJR
>
> Depends where you sit in the hierarchy...My experience is:
>
> Consultant: recommends $15k fix
> DBA/Developer: prepares case/spec for $15k fix
> Project Mgr: asks what can be done for only $10k
> DBA/Developer: presents $10k and $15k option - stresses importance of
> latter
> Project Mgr: presents $10k and $15k option to senior mgt - stresses
> importance of saving $5k
> Senior Mgt: opts for $10k
>
> Its like a place I'm at, where little or no referential integrity exists
> on one of the sub-systems. We presented a case for fixing the current
> data and adding RI, to which the response was:
>
> "What percentage data integrity problems do we currently have?"
>
> Hmmmmm....I always thought data integrity was a boolean.
Data integrity _is_ a boolean. But the value of that boolean
is meaning less if it cannot be expressed as a percentage figure.
--
Rene Nyffenegger
http://www.adp-gmbh.ch/
Received on Tue Aug 24 2004 - 16:29:12 CDT
