The following was writting in January, to one of our Business Systems Managers (a sort of IT department liaison who job it is to deal with us difficult business / functional folks. All that’s changed is that evidence suggests that my recommendations were not taken. That’s OK – I didn’t think they would be. But I still want to go “on record.” So here goes… any modifications or additions I’ve added are in square brackets [].
Please understand, my motivations are not meant as criticism of any person, department, or process, but rather, I’m driven by a desire to make things genuinely better.
I think there is a growing consensus that the “New Data Warehouse” project fell woefully short of expectations and promises.
[er… outta time … I’ll add the rest later]
[um… I never finished this rant. Just as well.]
