scott wrote:

> Other favourites are spending a day designing something when someone 
> else has already done it

Sounds like either poor communication, or somebody with too much time on 
their hands.

> designing something from scratch because you 
> don't know how to use the software well enough to modify an existing 
> design

That's the kind of thing I'd do.

> or designing something when you know the spec isn't fixed, then 
> when the spec is fixed saying you don't have enough time to change the 
> design...

I suppose some people might argue that's a necessary evil when the 
customer can't make up their mind what they want and yet demand that it 
arrives on time. But I don't know.

> It's all fun and games here :-)

And I thought it was only my screwy company that does stuff like this...

Ooo, how about this one: Designing something when you have no spec at 
all, and then writing a spec to match the thing you just designed. You 
guys ever do that one?

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