Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Cubicle Conundrum - Day 21

N: Don’t you just love the first day of a new assignment?

Q: Hmm.

N: It’s always so exciting to get down to a new task.

Q: What are you supposed to do?

N: Research.

Q: What kind?

N: I’m supposed to devise an efficient counter-measure to the biggest hindrances to a project’s smooth progress.

Q: Such as?

N: Stretching budgets, verbal and unrecorded instructions, excessive meetings and meaningless deadlines.



Q: Do you get funded?

N: Yeah. How much funding depends on what I need.



Q: Do you have a requirements document?

N: No. My boss told me to do this while we were at the coffee machine.



Q: Deadline?

N: As long as it takes.



Q: When do you start?

N: We meet tomorrow to discuss the appropriate time for the kick-off meeting.

Q: Good luck.

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