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Better not to think of them as one project.
The second project (software) needs to wait until the first project (hardware) is ready for a release.
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glennPattonWork wrote: Its just that AGILE doesn't seem to be applicable for hardware.
Well, if you have unlimited financial resources and time, the AGILE works great for hardware too.
Oh wait, it only works that way for software too. 
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glennPattonWork wrote: which is fine for software
This is plain wrong. It is *possible* for software, but it does not make it *fine*.
Agility does not mean you can handle changes until last minute (There is no time machine sold with the Agile manifesto package). Agility means that your organization is capable of optimally cope with changes - refusing a change that comes too late for a deadline is also a perfectly *good* way to handle a change.
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Oh boy. Trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Either the square peg need to be shaped to round or the round hole need to cut into square. I understand your dilemma. The hardware is a square and you want to be catchy round process. Don't fight it mate. Keep them separate. 
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If you find one, please let me know. I work for a hardware company, managed by hardware engineers.
"By God, those flaky software monkeys will learn how to manage their projects just like hardware! There will be processes, appropriate documentation (and we decide what's appropriate), and they will write Engineering Change Orders (ECO's) for every single update. No more of this seat-of-the-pants willy-nilly updating!"
Not an exact quote, but you get the gist  .
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The key question in all these techniques is "What is the key constraint, or freedom, that stops / allows work to proceed?". It's all about the [theory of] constraints, e.g. Eli Goldratt, 'The Goal'
In agile it is the realisation that the manufacture cost (running the compiler) is almost zero, so one can concentrate on the other problem - do we know what we want, i.e. continuously ask the customer if the product is what was expected.
For the Circuit board design, the layout of the board is a time constraint, along with knowing if the customer has their external circuitry stabilised (there it's about the interface(s)). So concentrate on getting the time killer (and or cost / quality killer) right.
All in all, the best development strategy is to engage the brain, learn from others, and avoid blindly copying the many misunderstood fanboy techniques. There are no silver bullets (see “The Balle-Argentee Method.”).
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I'm not sure why a conventional agile strategy won't work. You can turn a board in a week using an out-of-house shop. It's not the 1980s any more.
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1. Use your head.
2. Look at the original agile principles (not the myriad of implementations).
3. Look at the underlying principles in Kanban and waterfall.
4. Consider an underlying strategy that made NASA's moon landing project and the US Navy's Nuclear Power Program so successful - value engineering.
5. Once you understand the principles of various methods, come up with a strategy for managing and development of projects that fits the needs (as opposed to trying to change the need to fit some process). What works for hardware does not have to work for software. Adapt and overcome.
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Until the API's have been "fixed" and the software is talking to the hardware, things are out of control.
And anytime the 2 stop talking, things are out of control.
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I used to work for Itel. Their production mainframe boards were all wired, no land patterns other than power. It was not difficult to spec wiring changes at any time.
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Paddy gets arrested for assaulting his wife.
The judge asks him "why do you keep beating her?"
"Not sure judge, but I think it's got something to do with my weight, longer reach and superior footwork."
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1980s - reader laughs.
2018 - reader gets a visit from HR for just reading it.
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Didn't read your article, but I know this is the KB you are referring too. Wasted 1.5 hours of my life yesterday trying to figure out why a customer all of a sudden couldn't access his network shares.
Anyway figured it out, uninstalled it and was gonna post something here but got home too late and thought elephant it, you lot can figure it out for yourselves.
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I installed updates last night on my Linux desktop, and didn't loose any network shares as a result.
Just thought I'd mention it...
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I installed updates on my linux desktop [many times] and was never forced to reboot.
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I'd rather take the occasional reboot, as opposed to being prompted nearly daily by my Linux VMs for updates.
OTOH, yeah--that Win7 update that breaks network shares is rather inexcusable. The scenario isn't so uncommon this shouldn't have been caught. It's official, nobody at MS these days does any appreciable amount of testing.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I installed updates last night on my Linux desktop, and didn't loose any network shares as a result.
Just thought I'd mention it...
Yeah, but I didn't install any updates that caused me problems, it was a customer at work.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: didn't loose any network shares as a result.
But it broke your spellchecker?
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FWIW, I uninstalled the patch from the 2 systems that had it, but network connectivity between them wasn't restored.
One of these systems is rather vital to me, so instead of waiting for MS's solution, I ended up migrating all the files under the local admin account (which is affected) to a domain account (which isn't) - this is something I had meant to do for a good while anyway.
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Local Dealer told me an oil change was $55
That sounded high to me.
Then I thought, "Oh, this is that New-Fangled super synthetic 0W-20 oil, that must be why it's so expensive."
Then I looked on the shelves of Walmart, and that oil is priced the same as good old 10W-30.
Do I just go to the local oil change place and have them do the regular change ?
Or is there something special about this engine ?
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Mileage: about 19 thousand
Instrument panel says I'm into my last 15 percent of oil life
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C-P-User-3 wrote: Local Dealer told me an oil change was $55
does that actually include the oil? - no joke, they sometimes charge just that for the service,
then...
also charge for topping up other fluids such as brake fluid (20ml at about $5/ml),
draining and refilling the radiator (so they say = just top up with antifreeze so you see "new green color")
rotating the tyres - (often replacing as claim were worn = swapping in the last customers set and a bit of tyre black)
other disposables (the paper floor mats they leave in there for you to prove it happened)
and finally the "tuning" which is plugging in the computer and pressing a one button coz it's all auto
will they ask first? nope... unless it's a high $ job (such as new transmission) - which they will strongly suggest needs doing ASAP.
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It's the labour, plus the cost of disposal. And the labour includes the cost of the junior grease monkey who will hopefully take the old oil out first, rent on the garage space, cost of the car lifts, ludicrous price of the machine to reset the "oil change required" light, ... and profit. Lots and lots of profit. Capitalism at its finest!
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As far as I know those Hondas need the synthetic oil.
The price should also include the cost of the oil filter and they might also do an engine flush to get all the old oil out.
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An engine flush just to replace the oil?
No sane mechanic will waste his time doing that. A crooked garage might charge you for it though. But nobody being paid to do an oil change will take the time to do that--ever.
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It depends on the circumstances, like when the last time an oil change was done, how old the car is, etc.
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