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T.W. Smith wrote:
"Thus, why would a project manager jeopardize their bonus, salary increase,
or continued employment by advocating something that is more expensive in
the current pay period when what happens a year down the road will be judged
independently."
Just to add to that, managers can tend to be a mobile bunch. If a manager is
only expecting to be in a department for a year or so, planning long term
doesn't make sense: by the time the benefit arrives, the manager has moved
on and his/her/its successor gets the glory.
Until next time....
Kevin Amery
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From: techwr-l-bounces+kevin -dot- amery=sympatico -dot- ca -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+kevin -dot- amery=sympatico -dot- ca -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
Behalf Of T.W. Smith
Sent: July 5, 2006 1:37 PM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: frustrated
I have found that lower costs for doing the current project inexpensively
often carry more weight than spending more on the current project to set
things up so the next 5 or 6 projects go more smoothly and inexpensively.
In part, I think this is because professional managers and project managers
get rewarded for performance in the current pay or business cycle with no
regard to setting up the future. Thus, why would a project manager
jeopardize their bonus, salary increase, or continued employment by
advocating something that is more expensive in the current pay period when
what happens a year down the road will be judged independently.
On 6/30/06, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Unfortunately, this can be true. Despite what you hear at various
> company quality training sessions, there often is no great return on
> the effort to "meet or exceed customer expectations."
>
> OTOH, if you can make a case to management that with the right vendor
> management strategy you can find a way to get them better-organized,
> better-written documents than the ones they're getting now for the
> same $20 per hour and then successfully implement that strategy for
> them, you may be able to secure your own $50 per hour position and
> also make your life as the person who has to deal with what the
> vendors are delivering a little easier and less frustrating.
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "T.W. Smith" <techwordsmith -at- gmail -dot- com>
> To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:38 AM
> Subject: Re: frustrated
>
>
> > Sometimes a poorly-organized, poorly-written document for $20 per
> > hour
> is
> > what management wants versus a well-organized, well-written document
> > for $50 per hour.
> >
> > If you are stuck with work you don't consider acceptable, I
> > recommend pushing professionally through the chain of command to get
> > some training done or a better vendor chosen. Or, perhaps you will
> > find out that what you are getting meets a larger need of low cost,
> > and there's nout you can
> do.
>
>
>
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