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Your experience is actually the same one I have when writing enterprise software. I always start an enterprise project with a vision of people happily using a g
by bpyne 11y ago
Your experience is actually the same one I have when writing enterprise software. I always start an enterprise project with a vision of people happily using a good product to achieve a goal. After wading through conflicting user preferences, the Legal Department chiming in, etc, I realize the the application is going to be a Frankenstein monster. At that point, the vision is shattered and I try to produce something that is somewhat useful, to as as many people as possible, and with as little friction as possible. Compromising the vision always sucks the enthusiasm from me.
- GFischer 11y agoI feel you... Legal department requirements alone can make software unusable... I maintain an universally reviled application that requires you to print, sign and physically mail any changes to the user's address or other data (because legal), and that people have to use because it's output is a requirement for many bureaucratic procedures, which usually are needed ASAP... it's a usability and support nightmare.
- bpyne 11y agoThere really should be a support group for people who have to support systems like you describe. (Sympathetic sarcasm, of course.)