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Previously on "I need to rant about weaklings in meetings"
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Do you watch Game of Thrones? If so I would advise you try and emulate Littlefinger and Lord Verys
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostJust been in a meeting discussing the approach to test reporting at clientco, which IMO is very bureaucratic and time consuming and involves inaccurate reporting based on constructs of which there is no agreement of the definition in the organisation, never mind the external customers. Every day I hear other testers, test managers and testcos complaining about it, and so today in a meeting I presented my arguments to the quality manager and the permie test line manager for simplifying it and reducing the bureaucracy for projects. I hoped, in vain it transpires, that the same people who moan about this every day would actually open their mouths as well, even if it was to disagree with me, which could lead to a useful discussion, but no, nothing; weedy little permies, most of whom only ever test one component from day to day, just sit there and say nothing when I stand up to fight against their big bugbear and the CMMi/ISO fundamentalist 'Quality Manager' and his bosom friend, the Test Manager who's only ever worked in one project with one stakeholder, sit and recite their ideology while I challenge them.
FFS, when somebody tries to stand up to authority and get things changed for everyone's benefit, what is so difficult about helping just a little by relating the stories they tell me every day around the coffee machine?
Bloody wimps. Just conform, like a bunch of lemmings instead of actually standing up for something.
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostMaybe you´re right.
One of the weaklings has just turned up at my desk and told me he completely agrees with me! Well why didn´t he ******* well say that during the meeting?
You cannot seriously expect management to implement a framework where they have to accept responsibility when they can live with the status quo and carry on blaming someone else.
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Originally posted by vetran View PostChill Tonight you can enjoy a wine that will cost more than their Salaries!
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Originally posted by MicrosoftBob View PostI speak the truth to management in private, but in meetings I deliberately don't rock the boat...it makes life easier that way
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostThey asked for an egg spurt, they'll bloody well pay for getting eggs on their faces! or mine
“Never was anything great achieved without danger.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli
“I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.”
― Niccolò Michiavelli
and of course
“It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institution and merely lukewarm defenders in those who gain by the new ones. ”
― Niccolò Machiavelli
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostPerhaps I spent too many years fighting physical battles on rugby pitches where shirkers and weaklings get found out.
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Originally posted by MyUserName View PostSsssshhhh - you'll upset someone!
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Originally posted by MicrosoftBob View PostAre you sure you're cut out for contracting, just sit back and invoice!
One of the weaklings has just turned up at my desk and told me he completely agrees with me! Well why didn´t he ******* well say that during the meeting?
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostAnd now, amazing how the minutes of the meeting have been sent around, including to senior management, without the discussion!
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And now, amazing how the minutes of the meeting have been sent around, including to senior management, without the discussion!
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Originally posted by oracleslave View PostThat doesn't sound like what the client paid for and would appear to be outside the scope of your contract. You're not billing for this scope deviation are you?
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Postinstead of actually standing up for something.
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