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Justify why open source was used

  • 07-05-2008 4:03pm
    #1
    homeOwner
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    Not sure if this is the right place to post but I have used Quartz, webwork and most of the open symphony components in a project and now have to justify why I used them in a review.

    The main reasons I used them is because we had no budget for the project and most of the team had already used some or all of these components before and felt comfortable using them. I am not afraid of open source and in particular Open Symphony is tried and tested over many years. Most of my web development experience has been with open source and I have used them on many projects for companies like IBM and large banks.

    However neither of these reasons will fly in a technical review as the person running the review is from an older generation, not au fait with open source or web technologies and comes from client/server background. He is doing the review on behalf of his manager so he wants to make sure its 100% compliant or he wont sign off on it.

    He will say we should have waited to get budget approval and paid thousands for licensed software, but the project would never have been done. Also he likes JSPs (for some reason) and we used velocity. The project is a huge success and the reason for the review is other offices worldwide in our company want to use it and I have to get permission to roll it out globally....

    I just found out about the review, its going to be on in about 15 mins. Any help out there?


Comments

  • #2
    EL_Loco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 901 ✭✭✭EL_Loco


    what from you've said so far you seem to have a good case.

    costs: you had no budget (for what reason I don't know) you took the initiative and fired ahead.
    training: your staff were familiar with the technology.
    rapid development: you got it done, quickly.
    lastly, the results. If the system is up and running and has been well received tell them you'll do follow up analysis with each department to highlight how it's helping, and look to further developments and improvements.

    lastly, using a specific technology for the sake of it is short sighted. If the technology you used works well, who cares what's "under the hood".

    Don't be apologetic. go in and blitz them. :)


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