Friday, May 23, 2014

Whiz kid managers (Regretful State of Indian IT Project Managers)

Duniya badal rahi hai, Sarkaar badal rahi hai but when the mindset of Indian IT Project managers will change? when?? when???

A snippet from my messenger conversation, just had a few days back with an >a*******e offshore project manager (I would call him SS - Sannata Singh – coz of his fear among the offshore resources) regarding the project schedule:

SS - I think we have experience factor also, so 1 more week may be eliminated.
I – hmmmm, actually that is –ve as last time I had ‘P’ (a resource) in the team but this time I am having ‘S’ (another resource)

SS – is ‘S’ not good? and I believe you are also there.
I – I am there, but I am a magician, I just want to manage the show… also I don’t want to compare orange with apple. 

SS – but both ‘P’ and ‘S’ are in the same level, so both are apple 
I - Hmmm……so if I put apple & orange in the same basket, will you buy them at same price??? 

SS – ‘S’ has to step up if he is not performing and I want 1 more week to eliminate from the schedule.
I – you are asking for delivering a baby in 1 month by impregnating 9 women. Will this baby survive? 

SS – then can you pls communicate about this to client?
I – Why should I? This creative idea was your brain child to score the brownie point. so u should communicate 

Silence for next 8 minutes….
I – if you feel that I can handle the situation in a better way, then I can take it further.
SS – thanks… lets monitor it tightly.

Moral of the story: When these so called ‘whiz kid managers’ would start applying their brains? Why they believe they are the special creature of God.

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