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"Quick 'n Dirty" vs. "Correct and Proper"?
A not-so Anonymous Coward enters this query: "I keep finding myself on projects where a quick and dirty solution will bring in money for the company, and a correct (ie, properly documented, well engineered, process followed, etc) solution will get us left in the dust. When the Q&D solution succeeds, I'm left trying to explain why it can't be the FINAL solution (to PHBs and Marketroids that were fully informed of the situation prior to any work getting done). Most recently, work I did in record time was used to help bring in several large contracts, and then I found myself in hot water for not having followed process et al. So, to Slashdot: is it better to do the quick thing and greatly increase the chance of $uccess now, or to do the correct thing and avoid pain later (assuming there is money to pay for the pain later)?"
If it's a question of losing the customer to another shop that works quick and dirty, do it Q&D.
But get, in "writing" (email), confirmation from the powers that be that you're circumventing procedures in order to get the work done within the timeframe needed.
They can either attempt to explain to the potential customer that it will take longer for a quality product or simply not say a word.
At that point it is their choice. Give them all the options, cover your ass, and get the work done as they want it. If they come back to give you crapola, show them the paper trail of approval for what you've done.
What's this I hear about you not putting cover sheets on your TPS reports? Didn't you get the memo?
Was that in a deleted scene? ;-) Mike Judge really needs to make some more movies.
I felt like a little improv. ;)
Mike Judge really needs to make some more movies.
I'd settle for him NOT making King of the Hill.
-Looking for a job as a materials chemist or multivariat
Am I fired?
Actually we're gonna need your desk space, so if you could just pack up your things and move downstairs into the basement, that'd be great.
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