Sitting on ass waiting for phone to ring. Which it did yesterday. Meeting with potential client on Monday.
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McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error." -
Inherited mess, managed by inexperienced idiots, under resourced, over budget, badly planned, no stake holder management,no proper UI, infrastructure, no sufficient system or UAT testing etc... etc... etc.....
Am expected to turn this around without the right resources or funding and continue within the restrictive time lines to a user base who will not accept or use this.
Funnily enough I won't be renewing this gig as there is no way in hell I'm attaching my name to this mess.Last edited by norrahe; 17 September 2010, 11:23.Comment
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A 5 month project that will probably end up taking 5 years.
One half of the business being so risk-averse they would take a week to assess & sign-off the purchase of a stapler - The other half never having heard of such terms as 'governance', 'standards' or 'PMO'.
Boys & girls - these are the trenches in no-mans-land where Corporate and IB meet.
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which one!!
but in general each one will fit into all of the above types
at least it makes it interesting......Comment
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Stuck on a floor with 2 people. 50 empty seats.
It's like a freaking morgue.What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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Originally posted by realityhack View PostA 5 month project that will probably end up taking 5 years.
One half of the business being so risk-averse they would take a week to assess & sign-off the purchase of a stapler - The other half never having heard of such terms as 'governance', 'standards' or 'PMO'.
Boys & girls - these are the trenches in no-mans-land where Corporate and IB meet.

Classic
Fiscal nomad it's legal.Comment
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Project 1 - Excellent, should call it a process as there is no end and I keep getting extended
Project 2- ******* bunch of tulip“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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