What Do You Want Me To Work On Now
A statement made when a team leader is faced with exhausted funding of one of the projects being worked on - ThinkingOutLoud.DonaldNoyes.20141027
Conversation: (this really did happen)
- Project W, X, Y, and Z Manager: We have run out of money on Project X, it needs to be done, but you can't charge any more of your time to the Project X Account
- Team Leader who is lead on Project W, X and Z: (as he logs-out of project X) What do want us to work on now? (Project W, or Project Z, or some other new project)
The points made in this post:
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To illustrate to those who have never encountered something similar, that others have.
- To illustrate RealLife situations encountered, hidden agendas and all that, when a team leader is cheesed off.
- That sometimes managers who run out of money, instead of getting more money for continuing a work, try to get it done by utilizing resources not paid for by the project receiving the benefits of work done.
- That jobs are terminated or fail, when adequate resources and management are not applied.
- To illustrate that resourceless projects may only be done when resources are made available, or are not withdrawn.