Comments on: Programmer Productivity and Market Demand http://www.billrini.com/2004/04/17/programmer-productivity-and-market-demand/ Blogging About Poker Since 2546 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:31:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hdouble http://www.billrini.com/2004/04/17/programmer-productivity-and-market-demand/#comment-58 hdouble Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/?p=51#comment-58 Great post. As a programmer for a major hospital, I can't agree with your thoughts more. At my hospital, we outsourced a huge project to get rid of all paper orders, and computerize everything. The consultants, of course, completely botched the job and the physicians ended up threatening to strike if they were going to be forced to continue using the system. Our IT department outsources most big projects, but the best programmers we have are in-house. What ends up happening is that the in-house programmers end up patching up the bad code that the consultants have written, etc. Where the consultants pretty much get to set their own timeline, us in-house folks get some ridiculous deadline and about half the pay of the consultants. The problem is the system-- it's ok to pay for a "big" project, but not for a smaller in-house one. Great post. As a programmer for a major hospital, I can’t agree with your thoughts more. At my hospital, we outsourced a huge project to get rid of all paper orders, and computerize everything. The consultants, of course, completely botched the job and the physicians ended up threatening to strike if they were going to be forced to continue using the system.

Our IT department outsources most big projects, but the best programmers we have are in-house. What ends up happening is that the in-house programmers end up patching up the bad code that the consultants have written, etc. Where the consultants pretty much get to set their own timeline, us in-house folks get some ridiculous deadline and about half the pay of the consultants. The problem is the system– it’s ok to pay for a “big” project, but not for a smaller in-house one.

]]> By: Bill Rini http://www.billrini.com/2004/04/17/programmer-productivity-and-market-demand/#comment-59 Bill Rini Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/?p=51#comment-59 Henry, The rule of thumb is that 50% of all technology projects fail. Either they go over budget, over schedule, or the business doesn't realize the initial goals (cost savings, effeciency, sales, etc.). Surprisingly (not!), early overseas outsourcing reports indicate that 50% of outsourced technology projects fail. Hmmm . . . perhaps there's a pattern going on here. Viva Project Management! :-) Bill Henry,

The rule of thumb is that 50% of all technology projects fail. Either they go over budget, over schedule, or the business doesn’t realize the initial goals (cost savings, effeciency, sales, etc.). Surprisingly (not!), early overseas outsourcing reports indicate that 50% of outsourced technology projects fail. Hmmm . . . perhaps there’s a pattern going on here. Viva Project Management! :-)

Bill

]]> By: Andy http://www.billrini.com/2004/04/17/programmer-productivity-and-market-demand/#comment-60 Andy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/?p=51#comment-60 Just a comment about comparing products for shops, surely this already exists? Google's Froogle and Kelcoo already do this? Just a comment about comparing products for shops, surely this already exists? Google’s Froogle and Kelcoo already do this?

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