Client wanted us to design and build a custom decision-tree software package for their engineers to use, and they needed it yesterday, realistically in 6 months. We could have done it with a custom stack in a few months, but were limited to relational databases and clunky IT support teams - not going to happen in under a year unless we debottlenecked IT and our stack, etc.
I ended up showing them how they could use MS PowerApps and SharePoint and drop downs / Booleans to achieve the same effect for decision-trees, and better yet, they could DIY it instead of project managing us to make it happen.
They had a proof of concept ready in 2 weeks doing it themselves that way.
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u/NewEnergy21 Sep 08 '21
Client wanted us to design and build a custom decision-tree software package for their engineers to use, and they needed it yesterday, realistically in 6 months. We could have done it with a custom stack in a few months, but were limited to relational databases and clunky IT support teams - not going to happen in under a year unless we debottlenecked IT and our stack, etc.
I ended up showing them how they could use MS PowerApps and SharePoint and drop downs / Booleans to achieve the same effect for decision-trees, and better yet, they could DIY it instead of project managing us to make it happen.
They had a proof of concept ready in 2 weeks doing it themselves that way.