A most bizarre state of affairs

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eek replied

30 September 2012, 13:13
Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

Patronising chunt. No of course not otherwise I'd have done it already.

so you've answered your question. With only 1 other project that can possibly be used to take the blame they are trying to pin the blame elsewhere.

Go get them tiger.
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suityou01 replied

29 September 2012, 20:46
Originally posted by eek View Post

Suity,

That's politics. Are there any other side projects you could point at so both teams can point some blame elsewhere.

Patronising chunt. No of course not otherwise I'd have done it already.
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eek replied

29 September 2012, 08:56
Suity,

That's politics. Are there any other side projects you could point at so both teams can point some blame elsewhere.
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suityou01 replied

29 September 2012, 08:50
Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

Come monday morning, Suity may be the one underneath
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OwlHoot replied

29 September 2012, 08:14
Originally posted by mudskipper View Post

Awww, baby rhinos in the making. How cute.

Come monday morning, Suity may be the one underneath
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Mich the Tester replied

29 September 2012, 07:16
Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

We have hit every single deadline.

That's very silly. You should not hit more than about 70% of deadlines otherwise you will create unrealistic expectations and give managermen the idea that you don't need all the staff you've got.
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mudskipper replied

29 September 2012, 05:33
Awww, baby rhinos in the making. How cute.
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suityou01 replied

28 September 2012, 22:30
Originally posted by d000hg View Post

The Who propose a jumbo boning session?

As SY05 (just turned 3) says, 'azackry'. Meaning 'exactly'.
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d000hg replied

28 September 2012, 22:29
The Who propose a jumbo boning session?
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suityou01 replied

28 September 2012, 22:25
Ban him, get the pitch forks!
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Troll replied

28 September 2012, 22:12
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suityou01 started a topic A most bizarre state of affairs

28 September 2012, 21:43
A most bizarre state of affairs

Still in the same gig, as technical team lead. Last 2 weeks. UAT is in the final stages and the data migration project I am heading up is also getting close.

Our project (only ickle 200K one) feeds into a 12 mil SAP project which is hitting the buffers. TBH I don't care as I will be long gone before they go live. At every turn they have needed my help and support and I have given it willingly. Then after periods of help and saving their bacon they turn nasty and put the knife in.

Countless times they have put the boot in, and tried to make us the scapegoat. Tried to cite us as the reason they are running late. Countless times I have steered our project off the rocks. We have hit every single deadline. Its a rag tag and bobtail team I am leading, but I do seem to have a knack with the old man management and leadership and getting the best out of people and shielding them from political bollocks.

We are due to deliver on time, 12th Oct.

All good in the hood. Except the senior exec have started pulling my PM for regular kickins. Problems with governance, problems with reporting. Why do this now? What at the very very tail end of the project?

They keep chucking in barriers, hurdles and hills to climb that just aren't there. I told the PM to push back and tell them he is too focused on delivery and to pick this up at lessons learned.

Still they keep coming. PM has just about had enough.

I have had enough. So I sent them a snottogram today along the lines of, if you truly believe our project is so tulip then have the balls to pull it or back the **** off and let us deliver it ffs.

Still heard nothing back. I wonder if I have a gig to go to on Monday
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