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And if I do it's your tough tulip.Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostLet Suity check that. He may want to descope that and put it at risk.
Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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Of course the other option is to mumble something like, 'Agile, iterative, Scrum', send your last invoice and run.Comment
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No, stay and send some more invoices; only run just before the tulip hits the fan.Originally posted by Old Greg View PostOf course the other option is to mumble something like, 'Agile, iterative, Scrum', send your last invoice and run.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Have you put yourself on the risk list.Originally posted by suityou01 View PostAnd if I do it's your tough tulip.

Risk No 23 : Business Analyst. BA is in-experienced and continually descopes requirements and questions PM.
Solution: Put in stationary cupboard and throw away key.What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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FTFY but if you are going to use agile terminology you could have had a better joke.Originally posted by Old Greg View PostOf course the other option is to mumble something like, 'Agile, iterative, Scrum', send your last invoice and sprint.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Risks have "mitigation", not solutions, in project terms. Only someone with experience would know this of course.Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostHave you put yourself on the risk list.
Risk No 23 : Business Analyst. BA is in-experienced and continually descopes requirements and questions PM.
Solution: Put in stationary cupboard and throw away key.
Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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But when you are paying for experts you are paying them for solutions not mitigations. MF believes himself to be expert so he believes he delivers solutions.Originally posted by suityou01 View PostRisks have "mitigation", not solutions, in project terms. Only someone with experience would know this of course.
Although based on the work related tulip he posts in general he doesn't seem to be one for mitigating risks that offer an option to twat the person responsible.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by suityou01 View PostRisks have "mitigation", not solutions, in project terms. Only someone with experience would know this of course.
WHS.Originally posted by eek View PostBut when you are paying for experts you are paying them for solutions not mitigations. MF believes himself to be expert so he believes he delivers solutions.
So for Suity at risk, I have a Final Solution.
What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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