Louv
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- Don
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Fair enough. I think we're actually 95% in agreement. Silly semantics, and minor inconsequential details.I believe we have a difference of opinion here about how we would define a launch being "right" but I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt on your position as it doesn't seem to be coming from a bad place at this point. (The initial post I replied to absolutely came across that way to me at least.)
For me, a launch being "right" is 100% tied to what I end up with when I take delivery. If I get the car and there's an immediate recall (or a TSB that's effectively a recall without calling it one), that's a "wrong" launch. If there's a manufacturing issue that's detected before it gets to me, that's a "right" launch.
I look at it like software. If a beta tester finds a bug, that's a process failure on the developer side (because, duh, bug), but it's not a launch failure, because the product version hasn't launched to the public yet.
but as I said I think I see where you're coming from. I just don't agree.
A few cars did manage to slip through and get delivered to customers. 3, I think, were delivered in December. I'm guessing (this based on ZERO actual knowledge or data) that was so somebody (or the whole team) could get a Bonus for "Shipping it on Target: Q4 2020".
But, ok, if we are defining "Launch" as "A substantial number of product in customer's hands" then Launch hasn't occurred yet.
I liked to define a "Successful Launch" as "A bug free product gets into the customer's hands when promised & scheduled." Now I'm cracking myself up: "Bug Free". Nothing this complex is ever bug free; certainly not at launch.
I impatiently await my car.
I would actually happily take it today, knowing that it would need to be back in the shop next week for a fix or three. But I earned my living testing software, and leading teams that did such. I can handle Beta testing. All of that, assuming the "bugs" aren't software issues that are safety issues and might kill me. I have no desire to die while Beta Testing a product.
It'll all be ok in a few weeks. <<taps foot impatiently>>
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