At 10:47 AM 4/16/2002 -0700, Aaron Falk wrote: >I'd be very concerned that, if we pushed working groups to deliver >faster, the first thing we'd lose would be the review from >cross-functional experts. These folks are already very busy but their >commentary can be of enormous value. It may contribute to longer >development of protocols but probably reduces the mess that would result 1. We do not have any data to check against, but my impression is that the really serious delays are mostly due to issues internal to the working group. 2. The problem with cross-functional review is that we do not do enough of it, no matter how much time there is. d/ ---------- Dave Crocker <mailto:dave@tribalwise.com> TribalWise, Inc. <http://www.tribalwise.com> tel +1.408.246.8253; fax +1.408.850.1850