Truly stupid people and how to cope with them

[suityou01]

Well, stop buggering about with jargon you don't understand (it's Gantt, BTW) and say what you mean: you've got three things to do and only one pair of hands.

So you're gonna slip & fail. tulip happens.

Oooohhh.... you didn't tell the management you're "resourced @ 300%", did you? You'll lose some bodies off your team + get more work to do.

Try this site.

Yep, and this is their lexicon and I used it in the correct way, as far as they are concerned. I have been here too long, standards are slipping, so thanks for the correction.

They also use the term "bandwidth" to mean workload, and they have "dotted line" reporting rather than a well thought through org chart.

[Platypus]

SY03 needs a dyslexia test, and the dyslexia charity only test from age 7. He is 6.5 and there is a 6 month waiting list, but they won't put him on it until he is 7. Feckin eejits.

I assume you've looked here: Home Page - The British Dyslexia Association
The solution to the problem may well be to arrange a test privately with a dyslexia specialist. I don't think should be wildly expensive (less than £500, tops).
Also why isn't the school doing this? They have a duty to sort these out. Lean on the SENCO. If the school is unwilling that should mean that they don't think there's a problem. (It might of course mean they're crap).

Goes without saying that testing sooner rather than later is going to be better for your child.

P.S. GF Platypus is a dyslexia specialist, so I don't speak as an ignoramus (or an expert) on the subject.

[RichardCranium]

I find this sort of thing cures many problems in the interpersonal relations field:

[suityou01]

I assume you've looked here: Home Page - The British Dyslexia Association
The solution to the problem may well be to arrange a test privately with a dyslexia specialist. I don't think should be wildly expensive (less than £500, tops).
Also why isn't the school doing this? They have a duty to sort these out. Lean on the SENCO. If the school is unwilling that should mean that they don't think there's a problem. (It might of course mean they're crap).

Goes without saying that testing sooner rather than later is going to be better for your child.

P.S. GF Platypus is a dyslexia specialist, so I don't speak as an ignoramus (or an expert) on the subject.

Schools are crap. They always reach for the educational psycologist card at the first sign of trouble, rather than dealing with the problems.

Private is the way forward. PM me if GF knows anywhere near to Luton/London.

[2BIT]

If I was on some project plan at 300% on parallel tasks I'd ask which of the three tasks they actually want doing and get them to reschedule the other two (and potentially delay all tasks dependent on them)

I had a psychotic PM who regularly made these kind of demands and the only time I refused to budge on the duration, resourcing and priority of a particular task was the only time I managed to finish it on time with a 100% success rate

[suityou01]

If I was on some project plan at 300% on parallel tasks I'd ask which of the three tasks they actually want doing and get them to reschedule the other two (and potentially delay all tasks dependent on them)

I had a psychotic PM who regularly made these kind of demands and the only time I refused to budge on the duration, resourcing and priority of a particular task was the only time I managed to finish it on time with a 100% success rate

Yep tried this. Being too negative apparently. Tried a few times in different approaches. Even did a powerpoint presentation thinking pictures may speak louder than words.

So picked one and dropped the other two. Then the customer's of the other two compained to the PM and he then acted.

[minestrone]

Well, stop buggering about with jargon you don't understand (it's Gantt, BTW) and say what you mean: you've got three things to do and only one pair of hands.

So you're gonna slip & fail. tulip happens.

Oooohhh.... you didn't tell the management you're "resourced @ 300%", did you? You'll lose some bodies off your team + get more work to do.

Try this site.

Check out mister "I cannot get a job" ranting to someone about project management.

[MarillionFan]

Check out mister "I cannot get a job" ranting to someone about project management.

I lost this thread a while back and cannot be bothered now. Though your highlight of Mr Thrush is quite amusing.

[suityou01]

Check out mister "I cannot get a job" ranting to someone about project management.

Noice

[suityou01]

I lost this thread a while back and cannot be bothered now. Though your highlight of Mr Thrush is quite amusing.

And another one

Could all stupid folk come back tomorrow please.