Balfar's Challenge
Apr. 20th, 2007 03:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sorrowmonkeySo, I am very sorry to say that I will not be at Balfar's Challenge tomorrow. I was really hoping to finish my Legal Skills paper (due on 4/23/2007) this week, so that I would have the weekend to play with friends. Unfortunately, Real Life happened.
Usually, when I'm getting ready to roll up an engagement with a customer, things get very slow at the end. After all of the reports have been delivered, usually it's just a little knowledge transfer (i.e. training) and delivering documentation and maintenance plans. However, this is that that customer. This is the "oh wait, did you know it also needs to make Julienne fries?" customer.
We got hit with a huge list of changes, new requirements and "corrections" to "misunderstandings". The net result of this is that our deliverables now look nothing like the requirements we had last week. Also, it's been pretty much rapid prototyping the whole way. Do you like this? How about this? Number one? or number two?
Gar.
Last week, I didn't get any time to do anything because I was working for two customers (40 hours at one, and 10 hours for the other). This week, I haven't had any time to do anything between my only customer is out of his mind. I've billed 45.5 hours this week, and that's just doesn't fully communicate the way that it's been nag-nag-nag even when I wasn't working. My ear hurts from all the time on the phone.
So, everyone... Please have fun tomorrow. Say 'hi' for me, and drive, play, and fight safe.
Usually, when I'm getting ready to roll up an engagement with a customer, things get very slow at the end. After all of the reports have been delivered, usually it's just a little knowledge transfer (i.e. training) and delivering documentation and maintenance plans. However, this is that that customer. This is the "oh wait, did you know it also needs to make Julienne fries?" customer.
We got hit with a huge list of changes, new requirements and "corrections" to "misunderstandings". The net result of this is that our deliverables now look nothing like the requirements we had last week. Also, it's been pretty much rapid prototyping the whole way. Do you like this? How about this? Number one? or number two?
Gar.
Last week, I didn't get any time to do anything because I was working for two customers (40 hours at one, and 10 hours for the other). This week, I haven't had any time to do anything between my only customer is out of his mind. I've billed 45.5 hours this week, and that's just doesn't fully communicate the way that it's been nag-nag-nag even when I wasn't working. My ear hurts from all the time on the phone.
So, everyone... Please have fun tomorrow. Say 'hi' for me, and drive, play, and fight safe.
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Date: 2007-04-20 08:16 pm (UTC)