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Originally Posted by bighead2,Nov 6 2006, 10:58 AM
I say no. if they tried their best and messed up, you can't be mad, they tried... was this a favor asked or is it in their normal job responsibilities?
That is where I am actually at, now...
The task was not tackeled as a favor nor is it is within her usual scope of work.
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Originally Posted by WhrDLMI,Nov 6 2006, 11:03 AM
The problem is that it is going to take me 200% longer to fix the 30% than if I had done the 100% to begin with...
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From: Owings Mills, MD
Originally Posted by bighead2,Nov 6 2006, 10:56 AM
scenario: project is already over budget due to a horrible application that didn't scale well, takes hours to query and only allows 1 person on at a time (access db)
do you:
a. Go into the red more and redevelop it, putting more scalability into it, using SQL server instead of access and redesigning the data tables or
b. Continue using the almost unusable app and go further into the red, just not all at the same time.
This is an unsupported application so no scheduled releases, etc... More or less just a DB of specific clinics in the US.
You're the manager, what do you do?
do you:
a. Go into the red more and redevelop it, putting more scalability into it, using SQL server instead of access and redesigning the data tables or
b. Continue using the almost unusable app and go further into the red, just not all at the same time.
This is an unsupported application so no scheduled releases, etc... More or less just a DB of specific clinics in the US.
You're the manager, what do you do?
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Originally Posted by WhrDLMI,Nov 6 2006, 11:03 AM
Eh... Not really.
I very much want to get pissed at this person. She took on a job that she never should have taken on. Got it about 70% there, but now I have to go in and fix the last 30%.
The problem is that it is going to take me 200% longer to fix the 30% than if I had done the 100% to begin with...
My ethical conundrum comes from the facts that a) she is a very nice person and really tried to do the work and b) the task is really small and inconsequential (until it has to be fixed).
I think I am just going to internalize my frustration, fix the issue, and put it behind me.
For the record, I am really :kirk:'d tho...
I very much want to get pissed at this person. She took on a job that she never should have taken on. Got it about 70% there, but now I have to go in and fix the last 30%.
The problem is that it is going to take me 200% longer to fix the 30% than if I had done the 100% to begin with...
My ethical conundrum comes from the facts that a) she is a very nice person and really tried to do the work and b) the task is really small and inconsequential (until it has to be fixed).
I think I am just going to internalize my frustration, fix the issue, and put it behind me.
For the record, I am really :kirk:'d tho...
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Originally Posted by speed_bump,Nov 6 2006, 11:12 AM
Than just do it from scratch if it will take less time.
The real problem is that the requestor/recipent of the final product has already been asked for a ton of stuff (all of which was the wrong stuff) and I now have to go back to him and be like, "Sorry sir. We f'ed up. I need a, b, and c, too."
That is going to be a "fun" phone call...
