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Originally Posted by DGthe3
Yes but ... engineers can always find something else to do to improve a product or system. Unfortunately, when nobody tells them to stop they'll just keep on improving it, continually adding to the R&D costs with no end in sight. There is always something to tweak, something to change until you realize that there is an even better way to do things and you start with a whole new clean sheet design and start the process over again (to engineers, this is known as 'fun' ). Keep paying an engineer, and he'll keep tinkering. Actually, he'll probably keep tinkering for a while after you stop paying him.
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That small issue can be rectified with decent management. Plus I don't see anything wrong with trying to improve what already exists. In the long run I believe that will bring out out ahead. As long as its focused on something that will be used at a later date.