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Beautiful strat. If you want to go one step above, tell the person asking you to make their task your new #1 priority to negotiate with the person who owns your
by filoleg 7y ago
Beautiful strat. If you want to go one step above, tell the person asking you to make their task your new #1 priority to negotiate with the person who owns your current #1 priority and then get back to you when they manage to convince the other stakeholder to secede their priority.
9 times out of 10 they realize that it is a waste of time leading nowhere and agree to being your priority #2. The remaining 1 out of 10 times, they successfully manage to convince the other person that their task is more important, and now you have a new #1 priority. 10 out of 10 times you win, because you didn’t have to fight anyone just to keep your sanity.
- hobs 7y agoYou forgot the 4/10 times someone says "Just do both" and leaves. How do I know this? I have tried this technique multiple times, it only works with people logical or not enough of an asshole to comply.
- WrtCdEvrydy 7y agoOur JIRA workflow unassigns you from a ticket if you're assigned a second one in the same column... some hot shot Sales guy thought he was smart assigning me to a ticket only for a massive entry in the History tab saying he had taken me off a Priority 0 Ticket... Head of Development did not approve... loudly.
- raverbashing 7y agoMy compliments to whoever came up with this workflow
- paulddraper 7y agoI'll do both, but that naturally takes twice as long.
- JohnFen 7y ago> You forgot the 4/10 times someone says "Just do both" and leaves. This reminds me of the adage that nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it.
- filoleg 7y agoI mean, this just sounds silly. Yes, you will have to do both things, but one thing has to take priority over another, as you cannot write two different things at once simultaneously. Just like you cannot have two different entries in a queue at the same index. I am sorry you had to experience this.