Thursday, April 5, 2012

The story of 'Person H'

  1. Person A in Team A gets a project
  2. Person B, who is charge of Team B has to deliver the project
  3. Person C of Team B is made the project lead
  4. Persons D and E of Team B have to 'actually' manage the project
  5. Persons D and E of Team B leave the company (expected)
  6. Person F who leads Team C and Person G who leads Team D offer to 'help' Person B of Team B
  7. Person H of Team C and Person I of Team D are now handled the responsibility
  8. Person H of Team C and Person I of Team D do not have any experience in the concerned industry
  9. Person H of Team C is now the project lead
  10. Person H reaches out to Person E, who is no longer with the company but was part of Team B, to get some pointers regarding how to go about the task
  11. Person E tells Person H that the project is difficult to execute in the present timelines. The proposed timelines were longer but Person A 'caved in' infront of the client (same old story)
  12. Person H is not amused!!!
  13. Person I of Team D is available till the kick-off but is not available afterwards
  14. Person J of Team D is pulled in to do the work of Person I
  15. Person A has the job of making the promises to the client but nothing else
  16. Person B has the job of....hmmm....well....nothing
  17. Person H and Person J start the work
  18. Both person H and Person J have other commitments as well
  19. Person H puts in extra hours and tries to manage all the commitments
  20. Person J cannot ignore some of the other commitments but does some good work
  21. The draft work is sent to Person A, Person B and to Person I
  22. Person B does not have time to review....not even 10 minutes
  23. Person A suggests some changes in the work done by Person J
  24. Person J is not available to make the changes
  25. Person I is not available to make the changes
  26. Person H has too much on his plate but has no choice and he takes care of the changes in the work that was supposed to be done by Persons I and J
  27. Person H makes the changes and submits the deliverable
  28. Person A is happy
  29. Person B is always happy as soon as work is done and he does not have to do it or worry about it
  30. Person A sets up a presentation with client at the last minute
  31. Person I and J are not available
  32. Person H has to take care of the presentation
  33. Person H has a lot to be delivered on the same day but now has no choice but to prepare for the presentation
  34. Person H, who is from Team C tries to contact Person F, who leads Team C to explain his agony
  35. Person F is not available
  36. Person H is screwed!!!
  37. Person H is swamped but is choosing to blog first. He needs to vent out his anger and frustration

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