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Ok cool but if they have to deliver it, they’ll look like fools in the long run when they can’t, and in the end they’ll see you’re right? So it’s a win for your
by adrianmsmith 8y ago
Ok cool but if they have to deliver it, they’ll look like fools in the long run when they can’t, and in the end they’ll see you’re right? So it’s a win for your reputation in the long term I think?
- marcosdumay 8y agoThat's naive. Nobody will revisit the GP's reputation, and after the novice devs fail to do the work people will just scatter into different projects. They may or may not take a reputation hit, while the PM that insists so much on doing the not viable work will take none of it.
- werbel 8y agoMy guess is no one will look back and say "Huh, he was right". The only thing that probably is going to happen is "Huh, why isn't that delivered?" and then they will look everywhere but on the fact that it was, at least partially, just a stupid idea in the first place. Of course I don't know the exact situation so it's more of a thought on what happens in general in the industry.
- dTal 8y agoAt the risk of a totally uncalled-for derail into politics - this is a hilariously apt description of Brexit. It makes me want to reanalyze the entire situation from a project-management perspective. It suggests a possibly illuminating metaphor: party leaders = management + sales, the electorate = the customer, and representatives = developers and engineers.