Anticlue

The resource risk

Boy, I could see this one coming a mile away. Too many chiefs, too little injuns, and not enough of resources to go around the posy.

When I first got the resource, I explained that there would be a problem. That other project needed to be redirected to another person. This project needs to get done or we severely impede the billing process come the new grouper in the fall. The timelines between the two projects aren’t compatible. The resource though is phenomenal. She still actually cares about doing things right for the right reasons. Her work is of high quality and well documented. She believes in a good QA process through out the project.

But, the management wouldn’t redirect the other project, too few qualified injuns. We have been a couple weeks into the heavy build of my project and the cross roads have come to bear. I could see it happening for the past couple of weeks. The person was just beginning to overly organize her time, and her stress level was going up. The daily team building meetings didn’t help the resource’s stress level, but the build is going good. Now, I’m getting the term bulldozer applied. It’s a running joke, but it is honestly time to drink the kool aid.

So now we have an emergent meeting, because the other project needs time. My guess is at the team meeting with the functional director the resource kinda went with enough is enough. Its near the live time of the other project. We all know that the other system’s live, is not going to yield productive build time for my project. We also all know that without productive build time, my project is going to be delayed.

As PM, there are many times when I just wish we were a project base organizational structure instead of this functional based. The resource risk would be eliminated, and things would be better. Its hard trying to get a project done without resources. The project simply does not get done. In this case, that just isn’t acceptable.

Sometimes I miss a life without the political intrigue.