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Conclusions & Lessons Learned | ||||
Conclusions
Lessons Learned I'm not a big lessons guy. It is what it is. I took on a task without knowing how to do it and without clear guidance from anyone on what was required. I had a lot of on-the-job-training. But, I'm a fast learner, I go the job done and if I had to do it again. I'd do it with less stress and in far less time. I'd change my software around a bit. Make the parameters more easily changed and not hard calculate results as they are entered, but at the point where the results are needed. If anyone offers you an Excel spreadsheet to use, try it out well in advance. Try typing numbers over formulas, try typing alphabetical characters in numeric fields. Every Excel spreadsheet I've seen for this looks great but the data entry is fragile, if you manage to over type a calculated field BAM, you've just broken the whole thing. In the heat of typing it is too easy to tab into a place you aren't supposed to be and continue typing. The first spreadsheet given to me was written for a 12 year old version of Excel written for Windows 95. I couldn't even guarantee that the embedded macros would function correctly. Of course, if you aren't brand new to ski jumping, this won't be as daunting a task for you as it was for me. Also, some of the rules seem to be flexible and others are absolute. Our CofC and TD had different ideas of what data needed to be captured, Since the CofC was:
I went with what he wanted. Your mileage may vary. I hope this helps the next chief of calculations'. If you want to try my software it is here. It was written in Real Basic for windows. If anyone wants to pony up $100 I can buy the version that will allow me to output Mac and/or Linux versions.
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