Wobbly legs

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suityou01 replied

8 March 2016, 12:28
Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

Egg timer with a loud ring.

I said standup meeting not knee trembler behind the bikesheds in high school.
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SueEllen replied

8 March 2016, 12:25
Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

What's the longest standup meeting you've been in. Today's 15 minutes was 45.

Egg timer with a loud ring.
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suityou01 replied

8 March 2016, 12:24
I think I may learn a lot here. Normally I get very het up about delivery and stress over it.

I am learning a lot from the BA about the "Alternative success model" where you simply define your failure in new terms that guarantee a successful outcome. It's all about managing expectations (lower) gradually.

So you can never fail using this model. Just aim impossibly high, and ratchet down slowly every week until you deliver a crayon drawing of Barney the Dinosaur and everyone's happy.
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OwlHoot replied

8 March 2016, 11:29
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra_%28metaphor%29

In fairness to Suity, Cassandra's prophesies and warnings were always true. It's just than nobody believed them.
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suityou01 replied

8 March 2016, 10:35
Originally posted by FatLazyContractor View Post

Only to bugger off in another week for Easter ...

Ackchewally what I noticed when I was the team lead was that my "ring fenced" resource was anything but. At today's standup it was the same old story that the resources "just had to finish xyz for so'n'so" as they're already overdue work slipped even further behind blocking development streams left, right and centre,

Now being asked to stay on as a consultant to watch this trainwreck while topping up the warchest is bloomin brill
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DimPrawn replied

8 March 2016, 10:32
Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

Did you mean to actually help?

Good god no!
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suityou01 replied

8 March 2016, 10:30
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra_%28metaphor%29

Made I larf muchly. Did you mean to actually help?
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FatLazyContractor replied

8 March 2016, 10:30
Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

What's the longest standup meeting you've been in. Today's 15 minutes was 45.

Now everyone is back from holidays, secondments to other projects etc the bite is on to get things done and for all of my warnings these past

Only to bugger off in another week for Easter ...
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DimPrawn replied

8 March 2016, 10:27
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra_%28metaphor%29
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suityou01 started a topic Wobbly legs

8 March 2016, 10:23
Wobbly legs

What's the longest standup meeting you've been in. Today's 15 minutes was 45.

Now everyone is back from holidays, secondments to other projects etc the bite is on to get things done and for all of my warnings these past months everything I have foretold is starting to come true.

Full on panic mode here, it feels more like Pompeii circa 79ad.
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