Comments on: So… http://ramblings.ajaxed.net/2009/12/14/so/ And this is how it happened Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:08:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ben Tremblay http://ramblings.ajaxed.net/2009/12/14/so/comment-page-1/#comment-15883 Ben Tremblay Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:07:57 +0000 http://ramblings.ajaxed.net/?p=372#comment-15883 “And to think it was preparing a document.” huh huh huh … tech_docs types are very usually deprecated with impunity. But actually project management is, to a very large part, a matter of documentation.

I got a crack at a major “document” when I was still young enough to survive the process. (I think 2.5 yrs of 60hr weeks would do me serious damage, now.) A very sweet avionics R&D project seriously in the ditch … almost 15 man-years of efforts (more?) had resulted in a huge inchoate mess. And the MIL-SPEC deliverable consisted of a) a 3 volume set (executive summary, user’s manual, and installation) and b) change management of all hardware and software documents. Herding cats? I had to herd cats … something like 150 cats, including Detailed Design Documents. Herculean effort. I was 2wks late (on a 7yr contract) and under budget. *shrug*

Most people are allergic to _techne_ … and most managers have learned to avoid _praxis_ like the plague. Both groups have appreciated that BS and personality politics are more reliable tactics when it comes to careerism.
#opportunism #matrix #borg huh huh huh

cheers!
@bentrem

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