Musemellow

None taken, I was explaining my background leading software development projects, before stating my opinion so that the audience understands where my opinions came from. so that people know that the opinion not coming out of a thin air. it's based on actual experiences. So, no offense I disagree when you said it doesn't mean anything, in my view it does mean something. Would you listen about a home-building advice from a builder with 15 years of experience even if it doesn't guarantee that he's good at what he's doing, or someone with no experience in home-building whatsoever? Or medical advice from a doctor, bridge-building from a civil engineer, and so on. All I did was giving different perspective that taking 2 years to release a website does not always equate to the perfect product., Sounds like the issue in your situation is the bad developers, not the project management methodology itself. Bad developers will jeopardise any software development project whether it is a "rushed" development or "taking it's time and getting it right for 2 years". Let's say, hypothetically speaking CGC developers are bad, and CGC should take time because 'they'll need time to get it right'. IF the developers are bad they'll mess up the Pop Report site no matter how much time they're given, So don't think it's a valid argument to make. Apple, Microsoft, Google, Spotify, Adobe, Netflix stopped using big bang development have been using Agile project methodology for decades and it's for a good reason These companies has a lot more at stake and image to protect than a grading company. Anyway, Paul said Mid/Late Feb, let's hope it doesn't get delayed again.

As someone with 15 years experience software development, I can tell you that taking a long time to deliver a software does not always equate to "getting it right". This "big bang" type of go-live deployment with the complete set of bells and whistles often turns into a disaster, because the development team is trying to build the "perfect" system, when sometimes it can be subjective. It's better to deliver Minimum Viable Product (MVP), get the core features out of the door as soon as possible, gauge everyone's feedback and continuously improving the system. Obviously I'm not implying to cut corners, the foundation of the application has to be right. I can't believe that company of this magnitude still don't adapt Agile software development methodology in 2022. All we need is just an interface to tell us how many CGC 10 Charizard are existing in the population and CGC can always improve and introduce more features after the initial release.

So it took them a day to grade basically. Meanwhile my Express sub (5 cards) has been sitting under Grading/Quality Control for over 10 days.