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Any one have a good Politically Correct term/phrase for the act of dragging out a 1.5 week (and that's being generous) project to 2 months?
I'm so irked right now, anything I say now would get me fired.
I'm so irked right now, anything I say now would get me fired.
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"clearly the project encountered some unusally intricate problems such that it would be worth management reviewing the difficult issues the project had to overcome in order to reevaluate our project estimation guidelines it order to help prevent a recurrence of such a large budge overrun"
can you hear the sarcasm ?
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It's getting to the point where I might as well do the work myself. Maybe this should be posted in "Overcoming Obstacles Getting My Work Done"
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Also you should research the Dilbert site. I'm sure Wally has lots to say on this issue.
Good on ya and thanks for the early morning chuckle.
Goober Dave
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now it sounds like you had a quick simple job that got continually revised and revisited and was afflicted with "scope growth".
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As in
'Fred's been camped out on the phase coil inversion program for 6 weeks now'
What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
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Scope growth. No
It was a simple task for documentation updates.
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If you're the guy waiting on the project for 2 months, then you call it "termination with cause," or "removed from the vendors list."
If you're the guy who took 2 months, then it's called "inadequate conveyance of statement of requirements."
If you're the guy who works with the guy who took 2 months, you stand around the coffee machine and just talk about him when he's not there.
I've been all three of those guys at one point or another. Some days you're the windshield, some days you're the bug.
Engineering is not the science behind building. It is the science behind not building.
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Star for the laugh on a Monday morning.
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