Team Update 15 (2016)

[Foster]

Originally Posted by Ty Tremblay

We're all aware that things change in the real world.

The point is that this is NOT what happens in the real world. What's happened here is that the requirements have changed after the product was delivered, the customer isn't allowing us time to implement the changes, and the customer still expects their product to operate.

Oh welcome to MY world. Changing requirements is the bane of my existence, but they happen. It happens all the time not just in software world but in construction and manufacturing.

My favorite "when I was an electrician" story is about a couple that had more money than common sense building a custom home. Lots of custom wiring (power, speakers, TV, etc.) to match their furniture.

We went over the electrical plan with them (since they are paying by the outlet), walked through the shell to check all the outlets, walked through the rough wired shell to check all the outlets, walked through the wall board up (but not taped) house and checked one last time. And at finish time for good measure. All good, all signed off. (And we had done a nice job, no punch list)

House closes, people move in, phone rings. "All the outlets are in the wrong place" "???? you signed off on every step" "We went out and bought new furniture and now it doesn't match. You need to come today and fix it, we are having a party in 2 days and it needs to be done by then!!!!" /sigh


And to be honest, I feel bad about this change. From the Re: Removal of Low Bar Fabric thread

Originally Posted by Foster

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Not sure what the fix is, but polycarb sheet isn't it.

Maybe flaps/ vertical strips of plastic like you see on commercial freezer doors to allow entrance and egress, That would let the robot pass but stop the boulders. The strips would stay attached. They would need to run tests on entanglement.

So it's possible that they got the idea here. But I'm wondering if the last sentence isn't what happened, they ran some tests with a willing team (lots of people with second robots) to see what happened.

It's not like this is their first rodeo. Lets try to give just a little credit to the GDC.