5th January 2009, 04:11 PM
A pedant writes:
Arguably an [u]outcome</u> should be SMART, the standard is the means by which the outcome's SMART-ness is measured.
Not sure about the 'loved-up' and 'exploited'. But my more nuanced answer to the question: "has anyone ever tried to keep the clients, themselves and the bosses happy and acheived it without ever having to make a compromise?" would be to suggest that compromise of some sort is always inevitable because of the conflicting requirements of all those people. Personally I want to spend proper time researching site X and putting it into all sorts of contexts, have a full budget for post-ex and so-on. The client wants his planning consent and nothing else. Somewhere in between is a SMART outcome that satisfies most of the people most of the time.
Arguably an [u]outcome</u> should be SMART, the standard is the means by which the outcome's SMART-ness is measured.
Not sure about the 'loved-up' and 'exploited'. But my more nuanced answer to the question: "has anyone ever tried to keep the clients, themselves and the bosses happy and acheived it without ever having to make a compromise?" would be to suggest that compromise of some sort is always inevitable because of the conflicting requirements of all those people. Personally I want to spend proper time researching site X and putting it into all sorts of contexts, have a full budget for post-ex and so-on. The client wants his planning consent and nothing else. Somewhere in between is a SMART outcome that satisfies most of the people most of the time.