I guess it is like each does what he feels comfortable with and that will do the job.
As a contractor who is developing offsite for a particular client, it is possible to not even know the sys admin, or to have the traiing hours in the contract to bring him/her up to speed as to what their function is going to be in the application. As a result, I try to develop with the least amount of admin intervention. I don't intentionally try to leave them out of the loop, but I don't have to go to great lengths to include them either.. I guess I am not really into all the required politics of getting more on board than the end user, which is basically the ones that can make or break your hard work. I try to make their job as easy as possible, which will translate into less man hours to use the application, and thus impress the Bean counters.
I am speaking very generically here, because many times having all on board smooths the passage in getting something entirely new up and running and ahead of the competition.
MSCE, MCSP, Microsoft Channel Partner
Relax, Boss. We will meet the deadline! What? You want to add MORE? What do you mean, Over Budget?
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