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Currently reviewing poorly running off-shored developments on behalf of a client. It's painful. Really really dreadful.
People were paid to produce this crap?
I predict that next they'll convince themselves that it'd somehow be cheaper to get you to "fix" the "broken" (read: "never actually worked") solution, rather than write something that actually does work from scratch. Sometimes, life is a bed of roses, at other times it's a field of tulip.
I predict that next they'll convince themselves that it'd somehow be cheaper to get you to "fix" the "broken" (read: "never actually worked") solution, rather than write something that actually does work from scratch. Sometimes, life is a bed of roses, at other times it's a field of tulip.
It doesn't matter if its cheaper or not. Fixing "proves" that they didn't waste all their money offshoring the work, starting afresh means admitting that offshore was a bad idea and no manager wants to admit to making a bad decision let alone an expensive bad decision.
It will go that way. And then when it goes pear-shaped again, it gets rewritten properly... and I get paid twice for the same work.
No, by that time you'll be the "useless contractor" that "advised" them to try "fixing" the original crapfest rather than starting from scratch as they'll belatedly realise they should have.
No, by that time you'll be the "useless contractor" that "advised" them to try "fixing" the original crapfest rather than starting from scratch as they'll belatedly realise they should have.
Options papers are very good for arse covering Give em a choice and let them make the (bad) decisions. After all, they clearly have a track record.
Currently reviewing poorly running off-shored developments on behalf of a client. It's painful. Really really dreadful.
People were paid to produce this crap?
Makes me laugh when the onshore folks poke all the blame at the offshore teams without checking what was specified in the first place, what governance was in place at the time, what acceptance criteria was set and the how the handback was QA'd.
People in glass houses and all that. I am currently working with an offshore team who have no wriggle room to deliver crap and understand to ask questions if they are not sure. Ie properly managed. Net result, we get a quality deliverable.
Makes me laugh when the onshore folks poke all the blame at the offshore teams without checking what was specified in the first place, what governance was in place at the time, what acceptance criteria was set and the how the handback was QA'd.
People in glass houses and all that. I am currently working with an offshore team who have no wriggle room to deliver crap and understand to ask questions if they are not sure. Ie properly managed. Net result, we get a quality deliverable.
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