tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135517.post5401132328828659505..comments2023-11-05T03:54:44.710-08:00Comments on Making it stick.: ChangesPatrick Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02088461489050417591noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135517.post-21474401420085903532007-05-28T15:14:00.000-07:002007-05-28T15:14:00.000-07:00"Business should be able to make some decisions th..."Business should be able to make some decisions that deliberately compromise quality and maintenance in the short term..."<BR/><BR/>I agree that ultimately its the one with the money that is "the decider".<BR/><BR/>That is fine as long as the developers clearly explain what they believe to be the cost/benefits of the choices.Patrick Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088461489050417591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135517.post-14598288060028933542007-05-28T10:38:00.000-07:002007-05-28T10:38:00.000-07:00As Dave Smith commented on the other half of the c...As Dave Smith commented on the other half of the conversation, it's a slippery slope. <BR/><BR/>Business should be able to make some decisions that deliberately compromise quality and maintenance in the short term -- there are times when this makes perfect sense.<BR/><BR/>The problem is, it's a slippery slope in both directions, and it can be tricky to extricate a project from a few "short-term decisions" that last longer than anyone wanted, and getting the balance right between the two ends is the difference between working software, a pile of steaming code, and pristine code that fails utterly to meet the business needs.Geoffrey Wisemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05205826495553720705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135517.post-88870826131896887052007-05-28T01:06:00.000-07:002007-05-28T01:06:00.000-07:00"Related to this is that developers (and especiall..."Related to this is that developers (and especially development managers) tend to be pushovers."<BR/><BR/>Yes indeed, the business pushes hard to do the impossible and these guys push back not at all. I appreciate there's a certain need for job security etc but to not try at all and justify it with "that's the way it is" etc is simply not on.<BR/><BR/>Dan.<BR/>http://www.dancres.org/blitzblogPetrolHeadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06404572533828179184noreply@blogger.com