Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Software (Re)Cycle
I recently got a mail from my relative/ friend who was explaining the s/w business cycle to me. I found it funny, and so here it is, in my blog, with his permission
Story of IT development
External Business: We need Mangoes
It Analyst Specs: Yellow colour fruit with seed in the center about 300 gms each
IT Dev Design: Ahhh!! it’s a big orange that’s what they need, the spec mistakenly spelt it as ‘seed’ instead of ‘seeds’, see this is exactly the same thing we gave our previous customer :)
IT Top mgmt: Now this is what we call cost saving because of reuse of code…as per our management strategies…Blah…Blah…Blah….we’ll save literally all the money in making it
IT Test: Test the seed…test the color…….test the wt…..if all are right, pass it…even if it is a small watermelon, that is fine
Finally to the customer: Over ripe water melon.... :)
IT top mgmt: Please pay for a Mango,
Customer: wh…wha….what?
IT top Mgmt: But U r bound by the legal agreement to do so…
The only people creating the revenue in the IT industry are the legal experts J…no wonder we never get an ‘Exceeded’ in our appraisals, we got to be High class conmen or Legal goons to make revenue impact to qualify for an ‘exceeded’ rating ;)
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