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From: billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe, 2847 )
Newsgroups: comp.sw.components
Subject: Re: Schedule and budget are secondary
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Date: 12 Oct 89 01:30:55 GMT
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From phil@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Phil Meyer):
>>    A professional will meet cost and schedule
>>    constraints by using CASE tools, advanced programming languages,
>>    and so on, using overtime as the last resort.
> 
> [...]  I'm certain that most participants dream of the day when 
> they can work 'regular' hours.

    First, the context: my work experience so far has been with a 
    company which had to actually pay time-and-a-half for overtime, 
    which is usually a VERY expensive way to trade cost for schedule.  

    Also, Phil misinterprets my position.  The idea is to maximize the 
    use of productivity tools FIRST; simply throwing time at the problem
    makes little sense UNLESS we have already done all the things that
    can be done to minimize the difficulty of solving it.


    Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu