[PJUG Javamail] PHP < -- > EJB?

[Richard Johnson]

Great observations Gary,
 
For the benefit of all the professionals, here's a case study in how
things spin out of control in a hurry on a Friday.  :-)
 
The deliverable date was cast as fiat by some executive (either in
Chicago or Bay Area) who has only managed simple value-added services
before--never manufacturing even, let alone software.  It was out of the
hands of even my boss's boss.  We're doing our best.
 
I explained to them that some ideas are conceptually simple and
technologically hard.  For example, a light bulb.  You can make a light
bulb by putting a wire across the terminals of a car battery.
Conceptually simple.  However making the wire produce more light means
making it smaller, but then it burns out quickly.  And that's just the
first hurdle. Technologically hard.  
 
It might indeed be that I think they want a lot more than they do, but I
suspect not.  Current plan is to spend the weekend coming up with the
spec I can and give them the cost/timeline if we do:
 
   (1) rewrite the UI in Java 
   (2) use something like the PHP-Java bridge 
   (3) generate XML and write a program to use it  
   (4) upgrade the app and write PHP/SOA hooks
   (5) hire a contractor to write it. 
 
I honestly think the delivery date is unachievable, but I think (at the
moment) that some visible and important piece of the deliverable IS
achievable by the end of next week.  What that is, and how much it will
do remain to be seen.  I like incremental releases when we can make them
work.
-- 
Richard

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