??? 07/11/05 14:37 Read: times |
#97047 - the slippery slope Responding to: ???'s previous message |
"good enough" has been the excuse for releasing I do not know how many things. Then when the customer does not agree, the designer typicall states "the idiot does not know what he is talking about". The problem there is that "the idiot" is the one that makes it possible to psy you a salary. I know of a case where "good enough" over a few years became "anything goes" and that slippery slope led to the closing of the company.
I have made, I do not know how many, features that generate a sign that nobody want to look at just because a customer thought he wanted it. I could have told the customer "it will look silly and nobody can read it" and lost the customer, but letting the customer see for himself (after days of coding) makes for a unhappy customer (he thought it would look good) that is very satisfied with the product. So, whatever Bartosz or I decide is "good enough" is totally irrelevant, that decision is up to the customer. Erik |