[thechat] people who work weekends: a rant
Martin Burns
martin at easyweb.co.uk
Sun Nov 2 14:18:28 CST 2008
On 2 Nov 2008, at 19:30, Simon MacDonald wrote:
> However, in my experience it generally boils down to bad estimating
> and/or
> poor (non-existent) project management. Some (most?) is not being
> 'able to
> say NO to changed requirements - or not willing to impart that-
> 'Yeah - if
> you want that it's gonna cost X more time and Y more money' - PM
> says Yeah
> we can do that - no probs' - and hasn't even gone and got an impact
> analysis
> (just run it by the Lead Software person and get their reaction!).
Yeah, so stop peeking into my life ;-)
It's also worth noting that the bad estimating and/or
> But - a big lesson for me was learning to being able to say NO (in the
> nicest possible way)- it's not always the client management horror
> we think
> it is when it's explained reasonably.
Or even "Yes, but the impact is X, Y and Z - ultimately, it's your
decision" as above
Cheers
Martin
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