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Re: A simple guy with a simple problem

• From: "Christopher R. Maden" <crism@m...>
• To: xml-dev@l...
• Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 00:24:34 -0800

At 11:51 15-03-2001, Jonathan Borden wrote:
>In day to day practice, and
>particularly for a "simple guy with a simple problem" I say this:
>
>You have posed the wrong problem!

Any consultant should ask his client, "Okay, but what do you *really* 
want?" a minimum of three times before beginning any project.  (Not that 
I'm about to do that in my own practice, of course - the trick is doing it 
diplomatically.)

-Chris
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