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That may be what they say, however we contracted with Pivotal for several months and the results were not uniformly excellent. And the fact that the Pivotal co
by kscaldef 16y ago
That may be what they say, however we contracted with Pivotal for several months and the results were not uniformly excellent. And the fact that the Pivotal contractors generally pair with themselves, and not with permanent members of the client team, can lead to a number of bad outcomes including: coding decisions which no one on the client team understands and code written (or changed) without sufficient understanding of the larger context or of the business domain.
- tptacek 16y agoIf I was a savvy consulting salesperson, I might be thrilled to "pair" with client staff; it's an automatic staffing multiplier. "Oh, your team has 3 people already? Well, we'll need 3 developers right there to pair them with the consultants... and, yeah, you'll definitely want one pair from our team too, so that's 5...".