Re:Individuals Matter
by watwut on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @02:13AM
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> One of the primary jobs of managers at all levels is to plan and then execute in accordance with the plan.
Yep, just as I thought. This is why those teams hated plans - because once there is plan they will be beaten and abused to make it, despite the plan being unrealistic from the start.
> Every team I have ever worked with hates planning; every team hates their methodology and thinks it’s stupid and inaccurate and why are those pinhead business people insisting on a date; it’ll be done when it’s done.
In that case, teams in which you worked had stupid methodology about planning. It sounds like your plans did not accounted for uncertainty at all. They did not accounted for what if we are not making it, which features will be cut.
> Some managers are good at it, many aren’t- the world is populated with people nearer the center than the ends of the bell curve.
And many of them are abusive or exploitative about it and there is nothing in business organization to prevent or at least acknowledge that.
Yep, just as I thought. This is why those teams hated plans - because once there is plan they will be beaten and abused to make it, despite the plan being unrealistic from the start.
> Every team I have ever worked with hates planning; every team hates their methodology and thinks it’s stupid and inaccurate and why are those pinhead business people insisting on a date; it’ll be done when it’s done.
In that case, teams in which you worked had stupid methodology about planning. It sounds like your plans did not accounted for uncertainty at all. They did not accounted for what if we are not making it, which features will be cut.
> Some managers are good at it, many aren’t- the world is populated with people nearer the center than the ends of the bell curve.
And many of them are abusive or exploitative about it and there is nothing in business organization to prevent or at least acknowledge that.