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To: Hans-Erik Eriksson who wrote (2166)	2/13/1998 11:14:00 PM
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To: Hans-Erik Eriksson who wrote (2166)	2/14/1998 12:36:00 PM
From: Len White	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3115

Trevor, or others, some thing I've noticed when attending conferences in the US is that there is a very high concentration on tools (development environments but also CASE tools). Not saying tools are unimportant, but what about the interest in processes("methods") such as ObjectOry ? Is there a real interest in that kind of products / are US companies starting to look at those issues ? Objectory is a process, process implies production, and US companies like productivity more than anything else. So yes I'd say a real interest is there. It's exactly what OO needs: a way of converting the academics into results.

To: Hans-Erik Eriksson who wrote (2166)	2/17/1998 11:51:00 PM
From: Punko	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3115

Hans-Erik, In my experience implementing mission-critical apps over several years, I have yet to run accross a enterprise MIS shop that is not almost exclusively focused on short term needs. Investment in the infrastructure necessary (talent, training, tools, and above all, strong methodologies, standards, management and control structures) are seen as niceties that everyone wants at some point, 'but we have to meet these objectives in x months, and we don't have time or budget to pursue anything else at the moment'. This is a vicious cycle. Bugs and other immediate needs bring about a sense of urgency that in turn breeds reluctance to invest in initiatives whose benefits are longer term. So IS shops stay with the same flawed processes and methodologies (or lack thereof) which got them in the hole they're in now, the only difference being that now they're writing code faster, with more programmers, under less supervision, generating more bugs, more urgent requests, which they feel compelled to fix ever sooner.... It's mostly attributable to good ol' American short term thinking. Sorry about the long-winded message.