quote:Originally posted by cbojanower:
Several hours, like other IT projects, it's over when it's over.
And its far better to do it right than to do it fast
You must be and IT guy and not a business guy. EG.,
IT guy to business guy - there will be a 4 hour downtime for maintenance
Business guy - OK
T+0 everthing is down
T+10 minutes
Business guy - how long is this going to take?
IT guy - 4 hours
Business guy - that is unacceptable - everything needs to be back up in 30 minutes MAX
IT guy - not going to happen
Business guy - and why not?
IT guy - long drawn explanation that lost the business guy about 2 words in.
Business guy - Yes but why does this take so long?
IT guy - I need to get back to what I was doing or it will take even longer.
T+20 minutes
Repeat T+10 every 10 minutes
T+4 hours
Business guy - OK 4 hours are up, why is it not back up yet?
IT guy - because you consumed 2 of my 4 hours annoying me with dumb*** questions.
Business guy - So how long is it going to take now?
Repeat T+10 minutes
And yet they cannot fathom why this stuff takes so long and blame the IT guys for the delay.
Richard
