Project Launch....

Last month our project went live..... and I noticed certain things that I feel is common to all the projects.......

• When there is enough time and when the bugs have not yet been reported, you feel that you did the best coding. The code is wonderul and it will be a great launch for you.
• When QA starts looking deeply and come up with more scenarios and as the bugs start showing up, "what can I do? with the given constraints, this is what I could have done." ; " the design ws not finalised till the end"; "SRS was not proper"; blah, blah, blah....
• When its almost launch time... say one week before.... " Oh... wish I had taken it more seriously during coding and done it well"; " QA is bringing in too many new scenarios that they didnt tell during design".....
• Two days before launch, " Well, Given the time frame, I think we can prioritize on what needs to be fixed now and what can be done after the launch...."
• Just a day before the launch...., "hope it works by some miracle....."
• The day after launch...., " thank goodness, its over now.... not much of a problem"... er still I have those other things to fix... but who cares, now the project is launched.... lets see later....
• One week after launch, " The project is live and everything is fine, there will be a cleanup project... they will fix the remaining issues"

Well... I guess everybody would have faced it at some point...!!!

ipoothikku abeet......