Business in America

ZarboktheMunificent · 7 months

Business in America? Try business everywhere.

madzanta · 7 months

fw:re:re:re:fw:re:re:re:fw:re:fw:

beanboytastic · 7 months

it was funnier when it had to do with programming...

fifafu · 7 months

http://projectcartoon.com/

lawlshane · 7 months

If the customer wanted a tire swing, then why did they describe it as a three level wood swing

pax27 · 7 months

Wow, this is an oldie, and I don't mean that as in OMG REPOST, but rather nostalgic. I remember this posted on the wall of the office of a mechanic that was a close friend to my dad. It must have been 25-30 years ago. It was from a swedish magazine and the text was in swedish. Must have been around 1984 or so. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

Wylde_Guitarist · 7 months

The music industry version

rokyrakoon103 · 7 months

I have seen this several times. It is the first time I realized that the customer wanted a tire swing and asked for a tier swing.

leapius · 7 months

Crikey that one got wheeled out when I began my CS degree in 1996 about SDLC.

fun_in_colorado · 7 months

Here

wizardsyndrome · 7 months

this is on the wall at my office...i hate it so much

liquidignigma · 7 months

Architect?

teneteColetti · 7 months

epic old

md1327 · 7 months

Someone is taking software engineering i presume?

ejduck3744 · 7 months

As an engineer, I am angered by how that swing was designed.

GrammarBeImportant · 7 months

Funny, how manufacturing installed it is exactly how Death build a swing for his Grand daughter. Though his didn't have the supports on each side.

wikiwikiwawawess · 7 months

Business In America.

Made In China.

SirHumanoid · 7 months

That1GuyWitDaC4 · 7 months

on the "what the customer got"... it's just tied around the tree. untie it and put it up by the right branch and it's fixed.

baconautics · 7 months

FW: FW: RE: FW: RE: Re: Re: RE: Re: Fwd: FWD: Fwd: BEST JOKE OF 1998!!!

deadpixel001 · 7 months

O.O

this describes a few of the companies i have worked for to a tee.

[SAVED & PRINTED]

Catsler · 7 months

"How Manufacturing installed it" --- uhm, what?

Dude_man79 · 7 months

Where would the product support look like?

2muchTit · 7 months

So true.

digitalmediamaster · 7 months

I swear this picture has been passed around on the internet so much it's starting to get faded.

rcj66 · 7 months

Someone fucked the requirements up.

OrageSyringe · 7 months

You forgot the part where everyone lines up days ahead of the release to get ripped off again.

[deleted] · 7 months

I worked as an intern in documentation at a network security company for the military, and it's shocking how much higher-ups overlook documentation, and how documentation can actually save a lot of time, and in the long run, money.

yappleby · 7 months

From the accounting side, the "How it was Documented" and "How the Customer Was Billed" always made us laugh, but with a hint of contempt. It really does apply across the board and not only with PM.

How do you know the customer is telling the truth about being billed that way if you have no documentation?!

I'm looking at YOU, Sales.

TheLordBarnhill · 7 months

Documentation is actually where all the cool English majors go:

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos319.htm#outlook

CraftyWalrus2-0 · 7 months

One of my CS professors actually showed me this picture last year in class.

thecouchman · 7 months

A truncated version of this (what marketing advertised, what the customer received, what the customer was billed for, what the customer wanted) is a recurring slide in my company's presentations. I never realized that it's been around for decades, but that doesn't surprise me.

azerts · 7 months

My professor used this as an example in class last year

mrpopenfresh · 7 months

They also showed this at school in french speaking Canada.

heracleides · 7 months

Don't forget that in making the product they gave cancer to an entire town and destroyed the environment.

uncleKunkel · 7 months

Using this in a presentation tomorrow, thank you for sharing!

awesomedave680 · 7 months

Yeah, this wasn't funny when I saw it in lecture, either

originsquigs · 7 months

I first saw this on a cubicle wall a few months ago.

dkey1983 · 7 months

Ummm...makes me think the person who posted this has no idea what business in America is actually like.

Al_Da_Best · 7 months

Oh look this is doing the rounds. Again.

APudgyPiggy · 7 months

We recently used this as a reference for what happens in software development in one of our classes

samurai_ninja · 7 months

i like how "what the customer described" and "what the customer wanted" are 2 totally different things. so it's not just the business that fucked up.

TheGazelle · 7 months

Welcome to software development.

thekfish · 7 months

Sounds like the customer is retarded.

PandaBearShenyu · 7 months

Sounds like everytime I take my car in for a service.

xcaptnwigglesx · 7 months

I read this chart as: communication is difficult.

namelessted · 7 months

This is NOT how business works.

thesovietonion · 7 months

I think I saw this in my dad's office ten years ago. It really stuck with me for some reason.

UrShiningDesire · 7 months

My programming teacher has this poster hanging up in his room.

Zing

Logain2 · 7 months

I've seen this 20+ times in my classes (Canada), upvote nonetheless

Jobo086 · 7 months

That's waterfall for you. Continuous feedback is a necessity!

parrotsnest · 7 months

The customer described a 3 step tree rope ladder, but wanted a tire swing. Sounds like the customer is an idiot.

dude-k · 7 months

this was in a presentation i watched in work the other day

MineTorA · 7 months

Ahaha, a "tier" swing? :P

HigHIdrA · 7 months

I'd have drawn one man labeled "Corporate" anally raping another man named "consumer". That's how business is done in America.

Obezy · 7 months

This is in one of the docks here on Ellsworth Air Force Base. Its exactly how the Air Force buys shit.

Black_Apalachi · 7 months

This is amazing, but I'm not sure I get the "What got documented" panel.

[deleted] · 7 months

Will someone post the military version? Because this is definitely more applicable towards military infrastructure.

markth_wi · 7 months

Just Business - at least on Earth - maybe some aliens somewhere have got it figured out better - but pretty much that's Business 101.

asian_superhero · 7 months

I don't know what part of america your from, but where I am, engineers aren't complete morons.

DownVotingCats · 7 months

Haha that's hilarious!

maxxspeed · 7 months

I first saw that about 25 years ago.

LarzHoneytoast · 7 months

What the customer described : tier : : What the customer really wanted : tire

Is this correct?

animalocity · 7 months

I remember this from my 1st year CS softeng class. Such a classic.

Knotritenaou · 7 months

If this is how your company design products in America, you deserved to go chapter 11.

EnviousDan · 7 months

I fail to see how this is exclusive to America.

akaZilong · 7 months

Old news is so old. I have seen this 10 years ago printed out on cubicle walls. Yawn.

trevz0r · 7 months

This could also be titled, Accenture.

jargonista · 7 months

Oh great! A comic that's been on the internet since 1996 and has been seen by everyone already! Do you have any more?!

LiquidPhire · 7 months

This graphic applies to video games.

guruboy · 7 months

This reminds me of the time a couple years ago (I'm 22) when I asked my dad "gee dad, the older I get the more I realize that adults basically don't know what the fuck is going on" and he just gave me this kind of embarrassed look.

whoneedsmeme · 7 months

ORIGINAL PLEASE?

unrealious · 7 months

Thanks I've been looking for this cartoon for more than ten years.

I originally saw it back in the early 1980's.

daedalus1982 · 7 months

Re: re: re: fw: it's so true!

AnnieChrist · 7 months

my dad had this cartoon taped in his toolbox at work. right next to a bunch of half (mostly) naked ladies and a big sign that read DICK HEAD -->

ahh, nostalgia.

bhumy · 7 months

This is what I saw on Fb.. Indian version I guess... One step more.. :P http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150856667220554&set=a.10150325997855554.571506.698660553&type=1&ref=nf

mittJUN · 7 months

Saw this on my System Analysis class last semester. We laughed about it, but our professor explained how true this is.

Confucius_says · 7 months

a better title would be "this is business"

this is the comic that they use in project management classes and stuff when they talk about how 90% of all projects fail.

Yalce · 7 months

american business sooo big

Infernal_Llama · 7 months

someone reads terry pratchet books (soul music)

helgihermadur · 7 months

This was in my high school sociology textbook. In Iceland. So yeah, pretty fucking old.

Korr123 · 7 months

Business in a capitalist society. Greed is for good yo.. bitch

[deleted] · 7 months

The panel "What the customer got" is really the fault of whoever installed it. Other than that it looks fine.

p0b · 7 months

Pretty old, but still humorous.

WhyHellYeah · 7 months

Posted from my iPhone.

A_terrible_comment · 7 months

Fuck this diagram. I see it about 3 times every year in different lectures (usually with regards to software engineering) and on the internet.

imgur-mirror-bot · 7 months

Ironic_Ali · 7 months

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