davecb@yunexus.UUCP (David Collier-Brown) (05/18/89)
In article <1492@dsacg3.UUCP> vfm6066@dsacg3.dla.mil.UUCP (John A. Ebersold) writes: | After reading that article last year and thinking about software that seems | to have been done right, leading projects small and large (some of which | have turned out better than others) I have reached the conclusion that every | project needs a design (and perhaps requirements) dictator. This person | should be the best designer in the organization and is not necessarily the | project leader but it would help if she/he were. Yes. I had the definite pleasure of working for Dick McMurray of Waterloo some years ago, and found him to be a good example of a dictator in the sense I hope you meant. We had some loooooong discussions (read arguments), but one person was ultimately responsible, and that was Dickums. So we never actually bogged down. Mind you, I'm still doubtfull about that last if in read_file()... --dave c-b
vfm6066@dsacg3.UUCP (John A. Ebersold) (05/19/89)
In article <1965@yunexus.UUCP> davecb@yunexus.UUCP (David Collier-Brown) writes: >In article <1492@dsacg3.UUCP> vfm6066@dsacg3.dla.mil.UUCP (John A. Ebersold) writes: ... I have reached the conclusion that every >| project needs a design (and perhaps requirements) dictator. > Yes. > I had the definite pleasure of working for Dick McMurray of Waterloo >some years ago, and found him to be a good example of a dictator in >the sense I hope you meant. > We had some loooooong discussions (read arguments), but one person was >ultimately responsible, and that was Dickums. So we never actually bogged >down. > The description of Dick McMurray sounds exactly like the type of person I am talking about. Sorry about the format of this I had to fool the line counter. -- John A. Ebersold at Defense Logistics Agency osu-cis!dsacg1!dsacg3!vfm6066 Unify Corporation System Automation Center Columbus, Ohio 1-614-238-5923 AV 850-5923 Systems with poorly understood requirements cannot be developed in a crunch.