Re:The Importance of Aligning Authority with Responsibility ...
by ggame on Saturday January 28, 2017 @02:01PM
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This brings back nightmares I had from working at Microsoft (2009).
As a PM; responsibility without authority was the job description. Hallway estimates and schedule chicken was 70% of the job. And the there was stack ranking...
Re:The Importance of Aligning Authority with Responsibility ...
by awinter-py on Saturday January 28, 2017 @02:42PM
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No argument that reliable estimation is hard.
I think organizations that find conflict at the estimation stage are actually suffering from a shortage of design. For complex projects, design means R&D, and setting deadlines based on unfinished research can lead to failure or ballooning schedules.
Re:The Importance of Aligning Authority with Responsibility ...
by trhway on Saturday January 28, 2017 @01:23PM
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this is why i stopped accepting "delegation" [of responsibility of course as it has never been delegation of managerial authority and salary/bonus] from my managers long ago :)
As a PM; responsibility without authority was the job description. Hallway estimates and schedule chicken was 70% of the job. And the there was stack ranking...
I think organizations that find conflict at the estimation stage are actually suffering from a shortage of design. For complex projects, design means R&D, and setting deadlines based on unfinished research can lead to failure or ballooning schedules.