Re: [OT] Update On Broken Arm

On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:40:17 -0500, Victor Martinez <me@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

CatNipped wrote:
ago. He told them *I* would have it to them by the end of the week. Last
Tuesday, when I returned to work, I asked him to prioritize the logo
creation - which did he want done first? He said, "All of them!" "What?" I
asked. "I said *ALL* of them," he replied, "*TODAY*!!" By two o'clock I
had to create 170 graphic files - *WITH A BROKEN ARM*!!!!!

There are three variables that one can play with regarding most projects:
- requirements (what do you want? quality)
- duration (when do you want it?)
- resources (who is going to do it? how much it's going to cost?)
Management can fix two out of those three. Only two. If you want it all
and fast, it's going to cost you. If you want it cheap and fast, it's
not going to be good. If you want it well done but cannot spend money,
it's going to take a while.

Sometimes stated more briefly as "Cheap, good, or fast. Pick any
two." Your version states the meaning more clearly, however.

I have had a few managers in the past who took the attitude "I want
all of these items done first!", and didn't seem to understand why
this wasn't possible to accomplish.

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