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Subject:Re: Specifications From:Joe Miller <joemiller -at- CANBERRA -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 18 Nov 1997 14:04:44 -0500
Robin,
>2. Does anyone have any suggestions as to dealing with stubborn project
>leaders who don't seem to think these are important . I have tried the
>"legal liability" argument and the "we need them to write the manual"
>argument but to little avail.
I suspect you'll get compliance only when the directive comes from the top,
and maybe not even then. (Engineers are notoriously pigheaded. <GG>)
And to convince the top, you'll have to prove that following standards is
more cost and time effective than random chaos.
