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"The only “knock” I could see is the presentations..." The presentations? Is that all you got for it? Is that the only or the most important outcome? I would s
by flakeoil 4y ago
"The only “knock” I could see is the presentations..."
The presentations? Is that all you got for it? Is that the only or the most important outcome? I would say that's nothing. It's the actual implementation that counts and is difficult. It's as if a consultant would present in a powerpoint how to implement a piece of software and then leave it up to you to implement it and you have to hit and solve all the road blocks along the way. And on top of it they come up with that presentation without even having implementing anything similar themselves.
- sokoloff 4y agoThere was both technical/business project delivery and executive update/briefing presentations. The knock I cited was on the second. The project part was fine (as suggested by the characterization that the results were "quite good".)
- jen20 4y agoWhile I get (and likely agree!) what you’re saying with regards to the likely level of this kind of presentation, my experience is that knowing what to implement is much harder than actually slinging some code. This is true both at the product and engineering level.
- flakeoil 4y agoWell, I kind of agree with you at some level, but it depends on how deep you go and how detailed the plan is. If one can follow the plan step by step and when you are finished, it's a success then maybe, but according to my experience that's not the case and you always have to revisit and fine tune along the way and it's in this process one learns the right way, not at the start. And one does not need consultants for this.