Because mamangement is unwilling to allocate their resources to the requirements gathering process, requirements fall by the wayside.
This is the problem where I work. It's an ungodly bureaucratic company, and there's really nothing anyone can do about it. It's just too big.
But our website was completely unusable to Mac-users for almost a year after its launch, and that's a huge chunk of clients in the video production business. We pointed this out repeatedly to Management, and then got bitched at for not making enough web sales. And so it goes.
Christ, that's a horrible typo.
Co-worker one cube over must have been making a private call. Otherwise the number of times she yawned broadly is beyond the pale. I could see her rear molars every time. Because I couldn't not look. It's like cars keep crashing just three feet over.
Timelies all!
Looks like a quiet weekend here. Tomorrow I have to wrestle the cat into her carrier to bring her to the vet for her annual checkup. Joy.
Oh, my. I'm to be managing a project whose goals include "restore user confidence in the XYZ infrastructure and their support team." I thought that "perform ABC with efficiency" was going to be hard to make 'SMART' (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and tangible).
Yoinks.
"Joe whines only once a week." "George reduced to tears after 3 weeks, not two." " Users stop using the word
fuck
in their support calls."
I get to have a driving adventure tonight. I'm hoping it isn't where I think it is.
I don't suppose there are/could be surveys, ita? That's pretty much the only way for SMART, I'd think.
So, turns out I'm pretty good at eating an avocado a day after all.
I hate SMART. (And I think I hate our version even more, since it includes "Relevant". Bah.)
My secret anti-intellectualism is the only reason I've survived all these decades of hanging around universities.
I KNEW it! Your secret is out, missy.
