INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
This pilot fish is tapped to lead development of a critical application, and once he has acquired some training on the selected
technologies, it's time to answer a key question."The boss asked when the application could go into production," says fish
"I provided a range of 20 to 24 months
The boss allowed that the organization would never stand for that schedule."But the boss admits they need the application, and will be
better off developing it internally rather than trying to buy or get outside help
So he tells fish that he'll pass along an estimate of six months -- and forbids fish to ever say otherwise.Fast forward a year, by which
time fish's boss has left the organization
Fish's new boss asks for an estimate of when the software will be ready to go -- and fish's one-more-year response makes him quite
