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So what's the state of UPS IT in general right now?
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<blockquote data-quote="drake0727" data-source="post: 1188232" data-attributes="member: 25682"><p>Ooh, a different viewpoint. So it appears that you have a different view. </p><p></p><p>What is viewed as a success on the dev teams? </p><p> *Completion of iterations (if agile)? </p><p> *Your division manager not ripping you for an hour for not meeting expectations (happens all the time in operations in my experience)? </p><p></p><p>Is the end user involved in development or is it more like, "here it is, use it and get over it"?</p><p>*For example, whoever developed the damage Input system the operations use is complete garbage (when I used it 3-4 years ago). Design was unintuitive, and to fill out hazmat or other special exception type (theft, etc) was trash as well. It's like they developed it, and said "use it, get used to it, not changing". </p><p></p><p>UPSERS.com was done OK, but enhancements could be made, and I remember that the internal UPS intranet homepage was complete trash when I used it. The sharepoint site was crap as well, but at least they tried <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I compare these to the systems I've seen at other companies since I've left (such as sharepoint), and other applications of a similar functional use was far superior at other companies. One of my goals when i obtained my CS degree while working there was to make those systems more user friendly, but alas it was not meant to be at that time period. One cool goal I was thinking about was revamping the flow control used in HUBS, that system is from the 70's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="drake0727, post: 1188232, member: 25682"] Ooh, a different viewpoint. So it appears that you have a different view. What is viewed as a success on the dev teams? *Completion of iterations (if agile)? *Your division manager not ripping you for an hour for not meeting expectations (happens all the time in operations in my experience)? Is the end user involved in development or is it more like, "here it is, use it and get over it"? *For example, whoever developed the damage Input system the operations use is complete garbage (when I used it 3-4 years ago). Design was unintuitive, and to fill out hazmat or other special exception type (theft, etc) was trash as well. It's like they developed it, and said "use it, get used to it, not changing". UPSERS.com was done OK, but enhancements could be made, and I remember that the internal UPS intranet homepage was complete trash when I used it. The sharepoint site was crap as well, but at least they tried :) I compare these to the systems I've seen at other companies since I've left (such as sharepoint), and other applications of a similar functional use was far superior at other companies. One of my goals when i obtained my CS degree while working there was to make those systems more user friendly, but alas it was not meant to be at that time period. One cool goal I was thinking about was revamping the flow control used in HUBS, that system is from the 70's. [/QUOTE]
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