Originally posted by Mich the Tester
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Originally posted by vetran View Postyes but once a significant part of work is undertaken by the system the users who performed it manually are reassigned/ sacked/ replaced with cheap labour. You have one chance to get it right, if you don't then it spirals into a massive crater.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostIf you're on a 25 year mortgage, you may want to have another look at that.Never has a man been heard to say on his death bed that he wishes he'd spent more time in the office.Comment
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What happened to Lotus 123
I was a super Calc and a lotus 123 guru until Excel came on the market then I ended up on the bench as "Excel" did not appear in my CV
These days all I need to know about Excel is how to download a SAP report to an excel spreadsheet and perform lookups for data migration and calculating my expensesComment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostThe more complex the system, and I'd argue that almost any system is now part of a huge, emergent complex system, the harder it is to get it right first time, and the harder it is to judge what's right.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View Postagree completely now how do you convince the business?And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostThe more complex the system, and I'd argue that almost any system is now part of a huge, emergent complex system, the harder it is to get it right first time, and the harder it is to judge what's right.
How would you even recognise an unintended diviation from a natural one in a system which might handle millions of records and tens of millions of transactions per year? It'd take some serious number crunching to separate these from the general 'noise' of d2d transactions.Comment
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Originally posted by bless 'em all View PostSo a system with multiple inputs, calculations and outputs can become less accurate over time - particularly if there is a circular data route where the outputs from the system form a basis of subsequent inputs from other sources. How do you manage the 'drift' from having or generating truly accurate data to a point where your data is accurate to a +|- tolerance?
How would you even recognise an unintended diviation from a natural one in a system which might handle millions of records and tens of millions of transactions per year? It'd take some serious number crunching to separate these from the general 'noise' of d2d transactions.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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I do SAP. There's only one version of the data.
Anyway, must crack on. Got to find out why the data in the global cubes doesn't reconcile with that in the regional cubes...Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostI do SAP. There's only one version of the data.
Anyway, must crack on. Got to find out why the data in the global cubes doesn't reconcile with that in the regional cubes...And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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