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Of course they could independently arrive at those ideas, they could independently try them out and see if they are worth it. But why invest what might end up a
by josefx 5y ago
Of course they could independently arrive at those ideas, they could independently try them out and see if they are worth it. But why invest what might end up a few hundred man hours in management meetings and trials when you can outsource it to some idiot who didn't even think about getting paid for the initial trial and error phase of the project.
Don't talk to people unless you get paid for the time you invested, the guy behind AppGet had to learn that the hard way, as did hundreds of service companies that got used to outsource initial project planing without ever hearing back from their potential customers.
- giobox 5y agoYou can spin that both ways - a company Delta sized may want to partner with a company who have track record in providing support and services to a Delta sized firm, vs a pilot's side project... For Delta, long term support they can count on for years will surely matter. Especially for "role based chat", there are many mature enterprise offerings in that space already. It's arguably only pertinent to evaluate all options aside from the single one presented by an employee trying to sell a side project.
- josefx 5y ago> For Delta, long term support they can count on for years will surely matter. Of course, so why even involve the pilot at all if his App idea was obvious and he could never hope to provide the services required by Delta? Clearly at least some delta managers thought they would get some value out of those meetings.