Comments on: Advocacy for Professional Consultants http://technosailor.com/2009/03/30/advocacy-for-professional-consultants/ Business and Technology with Common Sense Sun, 29 Apr 2012 05:01:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-beta4-20731 By: Ernesto Gluecksmann http://technosailor.com/2009/03/30/advocacy-for-professional-consultants/comment-page-1/#comment-47060 Ernesto Gluecksmann Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:16:54 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=7428#comment-47060 I'm just floored that such a large media company could make such a huge and careless mistake. The New York Times should have at the very least had their plans reviewed by an outside consultant. There has never been enough peer review of plans, code, system architecture in our industry and it just goes to show easily something can run into a snag despite having capable internal teams. Presumably the engineers where on the right track with folding their web properties but obviously they never completely understood all the implications. All they had to do was just had hired someone outside their corporate culture that could have said, "wait a minute, this could be a problem". I’m just floored that such a large media company could make such a huge and careless mistake. The New York Times should have at the very least had their plans reviewed by an outside consultant. There has never been enough peer review of plans, code, system architecture in our industry and it just goes to show easily something can run into a snag despite having capable internal teams.

Presumably the engineers where on the right track with folding their web properties but obviously they never completely understood all the implications. All they had to do was just had hired someone outside their corporate culture that could have said, “wait a minute, this could be a problem”.

]]> By: Joel MCLaughlin http://technosailor.com/2009/03/30/advocacy-for-professional-consultants/comment-page-1/#comment-47059 Joel MCLaughlin Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:59:08 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=7428#comment-47059 Great points, this was an excellent write up. Other companies should read this for preventative measures. Great points, this was an excellent write up. Other companies should read this for preventative measures.

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