So, now we're less secure? And the hurricane Isabel is coming fast.....
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Mladen Gogala
Oracle DBA
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> From: ml-errors_at_fatcity.com [mailto:ml-errors_at_fatcity.com] On
> Behalf Of Thomas Day
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 2:00 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Demanagement
>
>
>
> Way off topic, but I just have to vent.
>
> I'm working with a guy who really is hot stuff when it comes
> to project management. He's so good that they brought him in
> as an outside consultant to manage a priority project that
> touches on national security. He knows all about the
> mythical man-month so the first thing that he did was pare
> the project down to the minimum, competent staff.
>
> Nine months later the project is on-time and on-target. A
> few technology issues to work out but he has very competent
> people who don't have to spend all day in meetings to decide
> whether the database should be orange, blue or mauve.
>
> Then the VP from the prime contractor decides that he has
> already achieved his (the VP's) performance goals for the
> year and will get his nice, hefty bonus. He doesn't want the
> extra money from this contract to be booked this fiscal year
> because that will set the performance goal bar that much
> higher for next year. So the VP goes to the gumment
> contracting officer and negotiates a three month extension of
> the contract, but with no extra money. This has the effect
> of shifting that money from this year's accounting to next
> year's and gives the VP a leg up on next year's bonus.
>
> But it also means that three month's worth of money now has
> to pay for six month's worth of work. The only way to do it
> is to let half the staff go. Normally you'd just prune the
> deadwood but that was done right out of the box.
>
> Result: VP gets his bonus and is well on the way to next
> year's bonus. But the project is on life support. Critical
> skills are no longer available. The project just might fail
> because the necessary people aren't there any more.
>
> STUPID, STUPID, STUPID!
>
> Apologies to any VPs out there. I'm sure you wouldn't do that.
>
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