Ok, shrift is getting a big head around now ...

Well, really, what is wrong with that?

Yay, shrift!

There's this document inspection process we do that takes four people through 250 lines of a document in two hours. It's mandatory that people come in totally prepared, with an assembled list of questions referenced by line number. Then we fine tooth come the document for flaws, and without fixing them, note them for the author to fix later.

It's a hell of a taxing procedure. While I think it would improve all the documents we produce and those we have to use from others, it's going to be a bitch to get buy-in from people who haven't done the training.

On Monday I'm moderating an inspection with 8 participants. To encourage them to read before showing (I know these people. They won't read) I told them to submit their questions to me by 9am Monday morning or don't bother showing.

But more politely.

The person who's told me to shoehorn in a review panel into a formal inspection process replied to all telling them their presence was mandatory. I emailed her asking her to encourage all these people that their PARTICIPATION and preparation were what's important.

Nothing yet.

I have 8 people, about 500 lines of document, and 90 minutes. I need to work out how to tweak things so it's not such an obvious setup to fail.

Ok, shrift is getting a big head around now ...

Oh, I don't think so. I've been job-searching for about six months now, so all I'm feeling is relief that I'll be able to pay my bills and not have to write more cover letters for a little while.

I have a job! They want me to start on Monday. Woo!

Right the fuck on! So glad.

Now you can make money and go to lots of conventions.

This weekend. Wallow in contentment over the A's making it past the first round. Have Sunday off to write because New Baby is going to the Last Baby Shower (for us anyway).

GA: I thought it was good -- some very nice Alex stuff and Cristina stuff plus the Teaser is extra fun.

YAY

ita, I feel your pain. we are now having a walk through of each new site with the management team in a meeting because they will not do it on their own when we email them the links. And what happened the one time we already had one of these?? We could barely keep them focused on what they were supposed to be looking for - typo's, not functioning links, incorrect information. No, they were discussion layout and design.

These are the same people that want our schedules shorter and shorter.

Yay Shrift! Work is good.

Plans for the weekend are hanging with juliana, smonster, amyth and KateP in Nashville! I'm at the airport now, should be boarding soon.

I would like to state for the record that the "no liquids" rule can BITE ME. Checking a bag for a 3-day trip is just WRONG.

I hereby donate all of shirft's first paycheck to the A's bat boy.

Whatever a bat boy is, for whatever a bat boy does. If I knew more about baseball and paychecks, this would be an exciting post.

These are the same people that want our schedules shorter and shorter.

What's wrong with people?

I swear--if project management were only managing the project and not manhandling people into doing their jobs, it'd be so much easier. They don't need to be accountable to me--they just need to deliver. Be accountable to their job description, and their bosses. Or just the idea of their bosses, so I don't have to escalate. I hate the ill-will that usually creates.

Man, if only people who were too busy would say so before it was too late, before the meeting started, or before the client is totally excited about a future that'll never happen, or before the developers started working...

Unrelatedly, if my new massage therapist would show up on my doorstep with a cheeseburger and fries, life would be great. Unfortunately she doesn't know where I live. And she's vegan.

The Unit is interesting this week. They're not afraid to, almost in the same breath, laud the military and criticise parts of its infrastructure.