Reality: the Sponsorship attitude dilutes true accountability and ownership.
the language of project accountability
iT folk can be difficult to understand at the best of times, especially when describing our beloved technology. But it’s even more confusing for everyone when we deliberately avoid using plain language for non-technical aspects of project management. For example we still persist with the inconvenient conspiracy that allows projects to have highly visible ‘Sponsors’ The Myth:
Reality: The next truly accurate iT timesheet will be the first measuring iT productivity
iT folk are always at their most creative when filling in timesheets. Imagination runs riot, as the distant memories of a week ago last Monday are quietly mis-attributed to the most plausible time-recording activities. The trick of course, from the technician’s perspective is simply to ‘balance the books,’ rather than rigorously providing a breakdown of The Myth:
Reality: Estimates are chopped to make delivery dates acceptable |
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