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Should I stay or should I go now?
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Originally posted by Numpty View PostThe solution design was sorted out informally and verbally prior to my involvement.
No effort or money will be spent on implementation until the requirements are signed off. IT wont sign them off; the reason varies each time.
What business analyst would that be? Oh yeah, the one requested in every Programme Board report since January. And the project manager's job description is, of course, "Everything Else."
In your shoes, I'd get the requirements and "everything else" done properly - you're right that you shouldn't have been put in this poistion by the client and it would be easier to walk away - having said that they'd still blame you for everything.Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galonComment
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Originally posted by chicane View PostMake sure you've got an audit trail that covers your behind, and get out of there.
Don't do anything while you're ... I can almost guarantee that you'll regret it later.Comment
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Originally posted by DaveB View PostGo sick instead of taking a holiday. Or claim a family crisis. Anything that gets you out of there for the requisit period.
If you are working weekends at home for this gig then it's not worth it.
Can't play this joker too often, though this is one of those special occasions.
The "scapegoat" theory is, IMHO, not that far-fetched. No business could survive if the current insanity of non-decision making had always been the norm; something must have changed, and could mean your bollocks ending up in the blender.Comment
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Originally posted by Bob Dalek View Postand could mean your bollocks ending up in the blender.
For you or your bollocks.Rule #76: No excuses. Play like a champion.Comment
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I would go to the programme manager and start making some demands. Unless you were brought in specifically to write the requirements, I would say "I'm the PM, you need a BA to write the requirements. If you don't hire a BA by x then I'll work as this the current situation is unmanageable".
I'd probably walk anyway after having to put up with such crap. If they find another PM to take this on, then more power to him/her.Don't ask Beaker. He's just another muppet.Comment
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Originally posted by Bluebird View PostIn your shoes, I'd get the requirements and "everything else" done properly
Originally posted by Tensai View PostDon't do anything while you're ... I can almost guarantee that you'll regret it later.
Originally posted by beaker View PostI would go to the programme manager and start making some demands. Unless you were brought in specifically to write the requirements, I would say "I'm the PM, you need a BA to write the requirements. If you don't hire a BA by x then I'll work as this the current situation is unmanageable".
Originally posted by beaker View PostI'd probably walk anyway after having to put up with such crap. If they find another PM to take this on, then more power to him/her.
Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostIf you go there will be trouble. And if you stay it will be double.
My CV is updated, and the first Jobserve application is about to be sent out. I'm leaving this sinking ship ... but I'll keep looting gold from its hold until the rescue boat comes alongside.If you read the best 3 books in any subject, you'll be in the top 5% of experts in the world.Comment
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This has got disaster written all over it. Give notice and walk. If anyone asks why explain that you're an experienced PM and can tell when a project has no chance of succeeding and you want no part of it.
Better to walk away from a 5h1t-heap straight away than spending some time rolling around in it first.Guy Fawkes - "The last man to enter Parliament with honourable intentions."Comment
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