[PJUG Javamail] PHP < -- > EJB?

[Gary Lunsford]

Sounds like a good plan Richard.  You will have better arguments when you
'calmly' list, *show*, the tasks and timeline.  Don't forget a good night to
sleep before final test and QA.

-Gary


On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Richard Johnson <richardj at lingosys.com>wrote:

>  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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