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how to deal with people who screw projects?
jason7 | Jul 18 2007
hi: For example, you are in a project, developing it nicely, working many hours on it, knowing its structure, pros, cons etc. One day you have a meeting with some coworkers/boss and they make a suggestion that you feel would completely ruin the project. You know it because you have problably spent more time on it than them or because you have more experience, a different/better understanding of the project. How to deal with people in this type of situations? It sometimes happens that they could start agreeing and tell you, you are the one who doesnt see it, we are majority so they vote and the project gets screwed. A few months later the project gets into development hell, deadlines are not meet, all because of this simple mistake you pointed out. But nobody will listen if you tell them, i said this was going to happen. Any similar experiences? Any tips on how to save projects in this type of situation? 5 Comments
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 From your post, I gather...Submitted by yucca on July 20, 2007 - 6:00pm.
From your post, I gather that you may be in a very good or very bad situation when it comes to project management. If the project sponsors/stakeholders are voting something up or down, then you are lucky; and, other than the outcome, things are working as they should. If you are talking about the project team, then you are in a bad situation; and one has to ask where the hell is the project manager? In any event, be sure that your critical input is in writing, and that you make your case in language that is understandable to the intended audience. You need to do this even if you are sure that your input will be ignored. The point is, you are creating a monument that you can point to during the postmortem, and make the case that you tried to point out the risk to the project. Do this without being a jerk, and maybe "they" will listen to you the next time. However, if the same thing keeps happening over and over, you are in a bad place; and you just need to move on . . . » POSTED IN:
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