Re:All the best engineering advice I stole from non-technica...
by delusional on Monday August 05, 2019 @10:59AM
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> Perhaps a team isn't getting help from another group
Then the team should communicate that to the other team themselves.
> Perhaps there are some tasks that others could offload in a way that doesn't distract the team on the critical path
That should be the decision of the team. If they need to cut down in order to stay on the critical path, then they should do so.
Re:All the best engineering advice I stole from non-technica...
by ghaff on Monday August 05, 2019 @12:20PM
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You seem to have a rather negative view of managers.
In my experience, good managers can be quite valuable negotiating with other organizations in the company and with getting needed resources. In fact, I'd say that's a pretty significant part of their job.
There is a lot of wisdom to it. But there are good ways to add resources and bad ways. Perhaps a team isn't getting help from another group. Perhaps there are some tasks that others could offload in a way that doesn't distract the team on the critical path, etc.
It's a good adage but it doesn't mean that you can never take steps to accelerate project delivery.