Re:What I learned in two years of moving government forms on...
by Spooky23 on Friday March 19, 2021 @12:24PM
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I have expertise in the space and while I would have agreed with you 10 years ago, I disagree today.
There are billion dollar programs that can be replaced by a Google Form. You’re always going to lose if you are too accommodating. Every one of these dopey workflows has a unit of FTEs on payroll in the backend!
Get High level sponsorship, hard deadline and most things will be doable within reasonable constraints. The stuff that isn’t doable is the hard work, which you will never discover until it’s forced.
There are billion dollar programs that can be replaced by a Google Form. You’re always going to lose if you are too accommodating. Every one of these dopey workflows has a unit of FTEs on payroll in the backend!
Get High level sponsorship, hard deadline and most things will be doable within reasonable constraints. The stuff that isn’t doable is the hard work, which you will never discover until it’s forced.