It sounds like you're going to have to spend some time training an idiot how to not screw up. But after that your company will have a better-trained idiot, which is always an improvement. (I didn't say worthwhile, just improvement.)
Cheers,
Ben
Memo to Pointy Haired Project manager, CCed his boss.
- (broomberg)
- (12)
- March 7, 2006, 08:59:14 PM EST
ICLRPD (new thread)
- (drewk)
- March 7, 2006, 09:25:29 PM EST
They don't shoot messengers, do they? :)
-NT
- (a6l6e6x)
- March 7, 2006, 10:57:34 PM EST
You have a way of calling incompetence what it is :-)
-NT
- (ben_tilly)
- March 7, 2006, 10:59:17 PM EST
Is this an inexperienced PM?
- (Steve Lowe)
- (8)
- March 8, 2006, 12:08:53 AM EST
Pretty much a bit of both
- (broomberg)
- (7)
- March 8, 2006, 06:39:04 AM EST
Ouch
- (Steve Lowe)
- (3)
- March 8, 2006, 11:21:14 AM EST
Unfortunately you're only sort-of right re: flexibility
- (drewk)
- (2)
- March 8, 2006, 07:29:01 PM EST
Actually IT does work that way. To some extent.
- (ben_tilly)
- (1)
- March 8, 2006, 09:04:45 PM EST
Which works out, in practice, to what I said the first time
-NT
- (drewk)
- March 8, 2006, 09:08:16 PM EST
Be interested to hear about the fallout
-NT
- (ben_tilly)
- (2)
- March 8, 2006, 11:28:40 AM EST
Spoke to him
- (broomberg)
- (1)
- March 8, 2006, 06:41:57 PM EST
Cool beans
- (ben_tilly)
- March 8, 2006, 09:06:44 PM EST