Wow - I think I know someone that needs a break too
I was just having a joke about the fact that identifying all the stakeholders and keeping them informed about the progress is a normally a key factor for success as a manager/project manager. I do think that MG fails badly in this area and yes, that irritates me as I hate to see companies I wish success do mistakes.
Adding the part about me coming home after a tough week at work as a development manager was just to be a bit sarcastic about the fact that me and Ilya actually have rather similar roles at work and we both manage large IT projects with a lot of stress - so if I have the time to post about my hobby, why cant he post about something that concerns the future success of his company? I think it's a bad business move of him to not take that minute - be we are all free to differ in opinion here
Like I said 3 minutes after I posted too - (post four in this thread), it was rather childish of me to do this - but I was not that darn serious about it
At work I do encourage my employees and customers to talk to me about whatever they feel needs to be corrected to deliver a better system to our customers or to make the developers feel better at work - especially if they are pissed off about something! I feel that works rather good.
Well, who said I was a super development manager that is cool and needs to be admired? As all other development managers (and all other people) I have lots of flaws, just like Ilya
Anyway - I really have no problem at all with the fact that they where not ready for the tentative date - but with the fact that he could not spend those 56 seconds last Friday and this Friday to just give us a quick update about the progress.
Normally I have also surrendered to the fact that their information strategy either does not exist or has priorities that has this forum in the bottom
Sometimes I just get amazed over how bad I think they handle that part of their business and a joke like the original post slips put of me - or some other sarcastic comment regarding development methodology or gold plating ... As you say that is really unnecessary as it's better to live with the fact that the forum channel has very priority for them right now. Making silly posts like mine in this thread sure does not make it better and it deserves it's place here in the trash can.
The bottom point is anyway that I want them to succeed, and when people/companies that you care about make mistakes it's sometimes hard to just be silent. For me the patch can come in a month, the important thing is that it works. But yes - I'm interested in the progress meanwhile, just like my kids in the back seat when we are late on the highway to some fun park that they are really looking forward to
Amazingly they are rather content if they get some reports about the progress and not just an angry "we arrive when we arrive and it will just be later if you continue asking!" - or worse, just ignoring their questions. I am a kid in the back seat waiting for a treat and that feels rather refreshing to being mr. super development manager at work all day - even though i love my work
In my work role I have also realized that customers can take a lot if you keep them informed about why some feature does not work and when a fix is coming. If that date is missed they are very forgiving if you just explain why and give them a new date...
09-30-2011, 06:06 PM
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