Tuesday, August 02, 2005

A lack of resources

The project that I am currently on is like most projects I have been on during my ten years in the software field. There's lots to do and very few people to do it. Management however has found a couple of resources that they think we can use. Anytime someone offers to help, we jump at the chance. But this offer comes with a caveat.

"Use them for two weeks." says management.

"There is nothing substantial that they can do in two weeks. We need folks full time." we say in response.

"Two weeks is all you got for now" says management.

So we scratch our heads trying to figure out how we can make the best use of the two folks we have at our disposal.

Two weeks is no help at all. It is more trouble than help. But try telling that to management.

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