agency unfairly pressuring me

[malvolio]

This just may be a case in point. You can use uncleared people where a cleared person can provide adequate oversight and ensure the uncleared person does not see material they aren't supposed to (there is another wrinkle to that, but let's not over-complicate things). However a tester has really to work in isolation or compromise his testing, which makes it hard to provide adequate oversight. If we further assume this is a mission critical piece of work, then the SC may be justified.

That said, having got into that situation is evidence of piss poor planning somwhere along the line!

[Mailman]

In total agreement with you Mal...Im also of the opinion that NOTHING ever happens in IT that can be considered a surprise!

If you suddenly find you need to have someone onsite within the next 2 hours then thats just poor planning on your behalf!

Mailman

[Mordac]

In total agreement with you Mal...Im also of the opinion that NOTHING ever happens in IT that can be considered a surprise!

If you suddenly find you need to have someone onsite within the next 2 hours then thats just poor planning on your behalf!

Mailman

Although I wonder how many of us contractors have had cause to be grateful for the lack of IT project planning, in the shape of immediate start, name-your-rate contracts.

Long may it continue.