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I think you're on the right track. In my experience, HR is for very serious situations, not to deal with rude people. If he crosses the line and makes personal insults to you or your family, etc. then HR is fair game. But having dealt with these office bullies in the past, they normally...
naygoo,
I have tried several methods for keeping tasks straight. Here is my not-so-brief history of task tracking:
I am fortunate in that I once was able to take the Franklin Planner class. I used a planner for several years sucessfully, but I found that manually recopying my task list...
I think MadMango has captured the attitude of our PMs very well. They have often complained of being uninformed when problems occur. However, IRStuff has captured the feeling of our engineers, which I share. That is, if the program/project is having trouble, the PM should be sufficiently...
Thanks to IRStuff and GregLamberson for the posts. I think there are two different viewpoints there. I'd like to add some more background to the discussion:
At my company the planning and tracking of programs/projects is handled by the PM, however the accountability for execution clearly...
I am new to ENG-TIPS but so far I am very impressed with the postings I've read. Thanks to everyone who keeps these postings professional and informative.
My particular question is related to the quality of Project/Program management at my company. Among other problems, in my opinion the...
