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Subject: FW: Cougar Build Requirements Must Be Reduced
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 18:03:48 -0700
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Thread-Topic: Cougar Build Requirements Must Be Reduced
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From: "Jay Michlin" <jay.michlin@onstor.com>
To: "Tim Gardner" <tim.gardner@onstor.com>,
	"Andy Sharp" <andy.sharp@onstor.com>
Cc: "Brian Stark" <brian.stark@onstor.com>

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Tim, Andy,

Please don't take this too much to heart. We do want to save money and
cut the build to as low a number as reasonable. But we also want to ship
the product on the schedule Marketing has asked of us. If the two are
incompatible, we will reach a common decision with all concerned. We
will not commit to any schedule we think is made impossible by a
shortage of systems.

So let's plan to support Andy LeFebvre's work to arrive at a good
resolution that includes tradeoffs to address the needs of Finance,
Marketing and Engineering. But let's do that with the confidence that if
we judge that a proposed tradeoff makes our engineering task impossible,
we will decline to commit, at least from SW Development.

jay

> ______________________________________________=20
> From: 	Andrew LeFebvre =20
> Sent:	Friday, June 01, 2007 5:42 PM
> To:	dl-Cougar Core Team; John Klokkenga
> Cc:	Mike Shannon; Frank Laurencio
> Subject:	Cougar Build Requirements Must Be Reduced
>=20
> Team,
>=20
> Mike, Brian, and I met with Frank this afternoon and reviewed the
> latest build plan and NRE requirements and compared them to what he
> had budgeted for Cougar for the year.  Although the NRE is close,
> unfortunately the build plan costs are twice what he planned.
>=20
> Below is the path to the REV4 version of the build plan.  The COGS
> have been adjusted from the REV3 version sent out yesterday to match a
> better estimate that was provided by Mike this morning.  The impact of
> the change was to increase the build cost from $467K to $506K.
> <\\mightydog\Program Management\Cougar\Project Management\Build
> Plan\Cougar Build Plan REV4.xls>
>=20
> Finance has $250K budgeted for our engineering units.
>=20
> Please come prepared to our team meeting next week to justify the
> systems you have requested for your function and to discuss options
> for us to achieve this goal.
>=20
> Thanks,
>=20
> Andy

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<P><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Tim, Andy,</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Please don't take =
this too much to heart. We do want to save money and cut the build to as =
low a number as reasonable. But we also want to ship the product on the =
schedule Marketing has asked of us. If the two are incompatible, we will =
reach a common decision with all concerned. We will not commit to any =
schedule we think is made impossible by a shortage of =
systems.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">So let's plan to =
support Andy LeFebvre's work to arrive at a good resolution that =
includes tradeoffs to address the needs of Finance, Marketing and =
Engineering. But let's do that with the confidence that if we judge that =
a proposed tradeoff makes our engineering task impossible, we will =
decline to commit, at least from SW Development.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">jay</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D1 =
FACE=3D"Tahoma">______________________________________________ </FONT>

<BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Tahoma">From: &nbsp;</FONT></B> <FONT =
SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Tahoma">Andrew LeFebvre&nbsp; </FONT>

<BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Tahoma">Sent:&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></B> <FONT =
SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Tahoma">Friday, June 01, 2007 5:42 PM</FONT>

<BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 =
FACE=3D"Tahoma">To:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=3D1 =
FACE=3D"Tahoma">dl-Cougar Core Team; John Klokkenga</FONT>

<BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 =
FACE=3D"Tahoma">Cc:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=3D1 =
FACE=3D"Tahoma">Mike Shannon; Frank Laurencio</FONT>

<BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 =
FACE=3D"Tahoma">Subject:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>=
</B> <FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Tahoma">Cougar Build Requirements Must Be =
Reduced</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Team,</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Mike, Brian, and I met with Frank this =
afternoon and reviewed the latest build plan and NRE requirements and =
compared them to what he had budgeted for Cougar for the year.&nbsp; =
Although the NRE is close, unfortunately the build plan costs are twice =
what he planned.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Below is the path to the REV4 version =
of the build plan.&nbsp; The COGS have been adjusted from the REV3 =
version sent out yesterday to match a better estimate that was provided =
by Mike this morning.&nbsp; The impact of the change was to increase the =
build cost from $467K to $506K.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">&lt;</FONT><A =
HREF=3D"file://\\mightydog\Program Management\Cougar\Project =
Management\Build Plan\Cougar Build Plan REV4.xls"><U><FONT =
COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">\\mightydog\Program =
Management\Cougar\Project Management\Build Plan\Cougar Build Plan =
REV4.xls</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">&gt;</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Finance has $250K budgeted for our =
engineering units.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Please come prepared to our team =
meeting next week to justify the systems you have requested for your =
function and to discuss options for us to achieve this goal.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Thanks,</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Andy</FONT>
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