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EEVblog #40 – Dilbert and the world of micro managed Engineering
Posted on October 28th, 2009 13 commentsDave goes through his Top 5 list of dead projects, Dilbert style.
13 responses to “EEVblog #40 – Dilbert and the world of micro managed Engineering”
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This episode is the BEST ONE YET!!! I was laughing so hard by the end, I was CRYING!
I believe project managers are (wanna-be) politicians that lack people skills.
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Man, I can’t wait till I graduate and get to work and laugh my ass off with “projects” like these.
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For the last project, you say they got ‘developers’ to write HDL, which they weren’t very good at? As in, software developers? If that’s what they did … then … wow.
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This is an excellent post!
I understand how you feel when project management change every week its requirements. Sometime it is totally frustrating and all you have to do then as you say is to wait for your paycheck.
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Michael Thompson October 28th, 2009 at 21:57
Oh Dave.
If only I had seen this episode 3 years ago.You sir, are an inspiration.
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Andrew October 29th, 2009 at 04:51
Reading list, if you are masochistic enough read how other struggle:
Glass, Robert L. Software Runaways. Lessons learned from massive software project failures.
De Marco; Lister: Peopleware.
Yourdon, Eduard: Death March.
Zachary, G. Pascal: Showstopper!
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All too true… One reason that I subscribe to the Dilbert website and get a cartoon every day. The best ones go onto my screen saver.
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This is funny because I know what all of these systems are….
Good one!
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Nice one Dave,
Very sad, but true !
Management often trips over its own feet, particularly in larger organisations. -
Another straight-to-the-bone post!
Well, I’ve spent sometime on projects that ended to be dead .. at least two. The best part that describes what I’m passing through recently with an IPT project: Over-management! Which is like more meetings/documentation than work!
Again, great post Dave!
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I’m not a hardware engineer but a software engineer. I’ve experienced pretty much everything you describe.
I think they’re general features of the business or government world.
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signal7 December 6th, 2009 at 02:29
I love this post. It’s so accurate it’s scary.
Probably the one thing that didn’t get mentioned is the cause of some of the micromanagement. Those MBA programs teach supervisors be insecure about their projects because, you know, they want to ensure success and they aren’t going to let some lowly engineer get away with failure! Seriously, sometimes I think trust is just too underrated…
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excellent good, this post justifies practically nothing hahaha just joshing
nice write-up
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TrentO October 28th, 2009 at 10:39