Sort of like: I designed this beautiful (well I thought is was innovative
anyway) exhaust system. Got it half built, fantastic. Then the fuel tank
arrived and I realized that the tank, pumps, and exhaust were not gonna work
as planed. What a bummer. And on and on and......
So basically had to re-eat that part of the Mammoth again.
JB (BTW compared to the Honda, Keith's Berkley is more like a Wildebeest
instead of an Elephant. And it's better than deer meat too.)
----- Original Message -----
From: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 9:58 AM
Subject: Eating the Elephant (or Wooly Mammoth)
> You've touched the cockles of my heart with the "eat the elephant on ebite
> at a time" method of project completion. Unfortunately or fortunately,
> depending on your situation this may not be the best way. One bite at a
time
> is sufficient for a known problem which has grown to enormous size and
must
> be dealt with one step at a time. Like buildiing fake rocks. A known
process
> but if way too many orders come in at once how do you satisfy the
customers:
> one at a time following the process one step at a time. However, if the
> problem as a whole is known, but the multiple parts of the problem are
> unknown then the one bite at a time will bite you instead. Here is why. If
> you solve one component at a time, you will find soon that the closer you
> get to completion the more radical each succesive solution has to become.
> The components must be integrated and worked as a total solution. The fuel
> system, that Keith mentioned that his mind was working simultaneously with
> the dry sump, may require a different and potentially unsatisfactory
> solution unless it is intergrated into the whole at the beginning. In
fact,
> since Keith is a pilot and his mind is multipath because of it, probably
> subconsiously recognizes that the parts need to be worked together. Can
you
> imagine a helicopter that started with the blades and worked each problem
in
> turn? Yikes!
>
> So, here are the words of wisdom from one who has been down the path far
too
> many times to count...
>
> "the system is the solution"
>
> Once the system is defined and a path to success is clearly outlined, then
> eat the elepant one bite at a time.
>
> mayf, getting ready to water the neighbors plants
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