Clockwork Condor

It has been a manic few weeks! I have had a lot on my plate recently, personally as well as at work, and I have had little time for blogging. I hope, however, to start making amends with immediate effect.

Since my last post, things have actually been going rather well.

Because of the tight and (virtually) impregnable deadline to deliver project Condor, we are simultaneously completing the requirements analysis, writing the Functional Specification, compiling the Application Design and even writing some of the component specifications. Yes, all at the same time. That it appears to be working is due solely to the calibre of people we have assembled on the project team. Skilled and motivated, they are working long hours, but not crazy hours and it is paying dividends.

It's worth noting, however, that we could not have assembled this team had we not had the top priority that this project commands. When the CEO says, 'get it done', people tend to make sure they get it done.

We hope to get the Functional Specification signed off this week, and the App Design won't be far behind. The developers start coding on Monday, and we need to be in Test by mid-April. It's tight, but do-able.

Me? I'm almost on top of the world. If things carry on like this, it should go like clockwork. Famous last words!! We are bound to find a major problem as soon as we get into testing, or we (don't) get full end-to-end connectivity for the first time. The biggest problem we have at the moment is two business units who can't agree on what needs to be done. A dedicated workshop is being set up on Wednesday to discuss it and reach an agreement.

But so far, we are on track.