The first row, from the left -
How the customer explained it; How the Project Leader understood it; How the Analyst designed it; How the Programmer wrote it; How the Business Consultant described it.
The second row, from the left -
How the project was documented; What operations installed; How the customer was billed; How it was supported; What the customer really needed.
The story of my life. Just currently I’ve got several clients who insist on burning up my time with useless meetings describing the three-level board swing, when if they’d just get out of my way and let me give them their tire swing, we’d ALL be happy. And I could invoice them. But part of them being happy, I guess, is feeling that they’ve received enough of my personal attention to take the sting out of that invoice. I should have a line item on the bill for therapy.
On the other hand, it beats the heck out of working for someone else.
