Dead end tools and technologies you wished you hadn't bothered with

[Zippy]

In this case I think I would be better off.

"Be able to have a fully flexible multi-skilled workforce" WTF

Estimate that.

Lock them in a room and force them to play(?) the Planning Game. That'll learn 'em.

[rootsnall]

I don't think I've ever worked on anything where I had the requirements at the start.

You need to try a defence project, they spend a couple of years writing down, reviewing and editing requirements documents before ignoring them and hacking the system out like everyone else in years 3 and 4, and then chuck it away in year 5. Lucrative stuff if you can get involved in the early stages ! They also keep quiet about the chucking away bit so you don't get a bad reputation either.

[OwlHoot]

Oracle.

What a waste of time.

I wouldn't advise any of you to learn any of it.

Yup, one look at the complete manual set and I resolved to give Oracle a miss.

[Gonzo]

I was good with Foxpro.

I shouldn't knock it. It was one of the factors that enabled me to escape admin work into IT.

[scooterscot]

Oracle.

What a waste of time.

I wouldn't advise any of you to learn any of it.

You're just fending off the competition!

[alreadypacked]

THEN SPEND A BIT OF MONEY ON TRAINING THEN!!!

I feel for you AP, I'D SPEND MY WHOLE CONTRACT* SHOUTING AT THEM!!!

(*Which would probably be quite short...)

I asked what they meant by the requirent, they said

"We want the UI to be so simple any idiot could use it, but we couldn't write that as it might offend someone"

[scooterscot]

You need to try a defence project, they spend a couple of years writing down, reviewing and editing requirements documents before ignoring them and hacking the system out like everyone else in years 3 and 4, and then chuck it away in year 5. Lucrative stuff if you can get involved in the early stages ! They also keep quiet about the chucking away bit so you don't get a bad reputation either.

WHS +

They've probably never heard DOORS either...

[cojak]

I asked what they meant by the requirent, they said

"We want the UI to be so simple any idiot could use it, but we couldn't write that as it might offend someone"

Good Grief....

[cojak]

You need to try a NHS project, they spend a couple of years writing down, reviewing and editing requirements documents before ignoring them and hacking the system out like everyone else in years 3 and 4, and then chuck it away in year 5. Lucrative stuff if you can get involved in the early stages ! They also keep quiet about the chucking away bit so you don't get a bad reputation either.

[SallyAnne]

You're just fending off the competition!

You got me!