You are viewing an obsolete version of the DU website which is no longer supported by the Administrators. Visit The New DU.
Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Reply #13: The way I've always heard that old line is "Pick one." [View All]

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Latest Breaking News Donate to DU
Boo Boo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 11:02 AM
Response to Reply #11
13. The way I've always heard that old line is "Pick one."
Edited on Thu Jun-15-06 11:09 AM by Boo Boo
I suppose it's possible to have faster and cheaper; all ya gotta do is cut features. But that never seemed to be an acceptable option to management, so in the end those three things always turned out to be mutually exclusive.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
  -CNN/AP: Switches Installed Backward Doomed Genesis Space Probe DeepModem Mom  Jun-15-06 05:38 AM   #0 
  - A Management Decision  Demeter   Jun-15-06 05:41 AM   #1 
  - And here's the key...  theHandpuppet   Jun-15-06 05:48 AM   #2 
  - the policy is not bad in theory, the implementation is scandalous.  antifaschits   Jun-15-06 06:01 AM   #3 
  - "cheaper" policy began under RR, right? Taxcuts for the rich  oscar111   Jun-15-06 06:32 AM   #4 
  - No, it's a very bad policy. This stuff is *extremely* tough to accomplish  w4rma   Jun-15-06 07:17 AM   #6 
  - It's a management issue...  benEzra   Jun-15-06 11:02 AM   #14 
  - Actually, the policy is a (very well known) joke  Boo Boo   Jun-15-06 10:59 AM   #12 
  - "faster, better, cheaper" - pick any two n/t  anotherdrew   Jun-15-06 10:35 AM   #11 
     - The way I've always heard that old line is "Pick one."  Boo Boo   Jun-15-06 11:02 AM   #13 
  - Faster, better, cheaper...  Sialia   Jun-15-06 06:34 AM   #5 
  - Better yet,  Xipe Totec   Jun-15-06 07:49 AM   #7 
  - D'OH!!!!  AngryAmish   Jun-15-06 08:19 AM   #8 
  - Perfect meme for the Bush junta--installing switches backwards.  Peace Patriot   Jun-15-06 09:03 AM   #9 
  - Two brainiacs at JPL...  Javaman   Jun-15-06 10:13 AM   #10 
  - I didn't know they skipped a pre launch diagnostic that would've detected  gulfcoastliberal   Jun-15-06 11:16 AM   #15 
  - are we suing to recoup our money from their  BareNakedLiberal   Jun-15-06 11:32 AM   #16 
  - Wrong - it blew up because mgmt. overruled the engineers.  Baclava   Jun-15-06 02:58 PM   #20 
  - Well, it's not like they're rocket scientists or anything like that. . .  Journeyman   Jun-15-06 12:18 PM   #17 
  - The term "Murphy's Law" was coined by rocket scientists  slackmaster   Jun-15-06 01:22 PM   #18 
  - oops n/t  Jose Diablo   Jun-15-06 02:40 PM   #19 
 

Home » Discuss » Latest Breaking News Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC