Taking control of your vendor relationship
Thanks Dana Stiffler, AMR's application services guru, for contributing this
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Mar 22, 2008
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That was a really funny depiction of taking control. As Phil aptly said, Cats are smart and know how to get things done.
Sailaja
Posted by: Sailaja | Mar 24, 2008 at 04:10 AM
Shyam,
Cats are crafty...they feign love, command a healthy relationship, and get what what want in a subtle, but effective manner :)
Posted by: Phil Fersht | Mar 22, 2008 at 01:03 PM
Phil
Interesting that you choose to depict this as a human-cat relationship as against a human-dog relationship or for that matter a human-dolphin relationship.
Doesn't that itself set the equation for the rest of the dealings?
Shyam
Posted by: Shyam Kerkar | Mar 22, 2008 at 11:59 AM
Now, that's damn funny. I need to insert a "cat with bat" dispute resolution clause into my next contract.
Posted by: Tony | Mar 22, 2008 at 10:20 AM