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ScRoTo TuRbOtUrD
Jan 21, 2007

I'm delegating the OP to someone who actually has the talent to write a good OP. We'll circle back and interrupt him every hour on the hour until he gets it done

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just ray
Jan 3, 2014

by merry exmarx
the soviet union will rise again. discuss

Sponge Baathist
Jan 30, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
*pockets 99% of the money for 100 workers*

ScRoTo TuRbOtUrD
Jan 21, 2007

just ray posted:

the soviet union will rise again. discuss

lets take that discussion offline

Flaggy
Jul 6, 2007

Grandpa Cthulu needs his napping chair



Grimey Drawer

ScRoTo TuRbOtUrD
Jan 21, 2007


i like charts and graphs. they save me the trouble of looking at numbers

goodwork, phil

can we get 4 of those for the project charter?

Fidel Cuckstro
Jul 2, 2007

Hi, I'm a project manager.

Sex Falcon
Jun 4, 2013

:parrot: :parrot: :parrot: :parrot:

Slime Bro Helpdesk posted:

Hi, I'm a project manager.

let's touch base

Zzulu
May 15, 2009

(▰˘v˘▰)
im a project manager irl



let me tell you its real hard work tbh

*sends some emails, posts on reddit*

for real this was my thursday

ScRoTo TuRbOtUrD
Jan 21, 2007

Zzulu posted:

im a project manager irl



let me tell you its real hard work tbh

*sends some emails, posts on reddit*

for real this was my thursday

how does it feel to watch your skillset slowly fade away? and can you respond ASAP? we're doing a scrum in 10 minutes in the hall

Jimlit
Jun 30, 2005



I liked when the recession hit and all the project managers learned they were just a luxury position.

Kuato
Feb 25, 2005

"I CAN'T BELIEVE I ATE THE WHOLE THING"
Buglord
Send me to this conference/training, need to get my hours in to maintain my certifications!

Zzulu
May 15, 2009

(▰˘v˘▰)

hth posted:

how does it feel to watch your skillset slowly fade away? and can you respond ASAP? we're doing a scrum in 10 minutes in the hall

im a leader of men

a titan in teh workplace

Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost
Re: Fwd: Status Update

Please advise

Hatebag
Jun 17, 2008


*Complains about superiors, other PMs to team all day*
*accomplishes nothing*
*3 hr lunch*

Kuato
Feb 25, 2005

"I CAN'T BELIEVE I ATE THE WHOLE THING"
Buglord
Finally gets PMP cert, entire coterie of coworkers and superiors chuckle about it behind back

FedEx Mercury
Jan 7, 2004

Me bad posting? That's unpossible!
Lipstick Apathy
It's the lovely job you have to do to earn a chance to compete for executive positions.

Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost
Hm. How can I best resource my dependables in order to maximally prioritize my thoughtwork throughput?

*chugs a beer*

JakeP
Apr 27, 2003

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Lipstick Apathy
"I'll set up the meeting and send out invites"


meeting starts, I get on the call, mute myself, and then gently caress around on the internet for an hour while people who actually have skills do work

Jimlit
Jun 30, 2005



Can you please log your time in Jira in increments of six minutes please so it meets up with my spreadsheet....

Fidel Cuckstro
Jul 2, 2007

My job description is keeping programmers and all IT professionals as far away from the executives as humanly possible.

Kinson
Nov 25, 2007

Working hard for the money.

Slime Bro Helpdesk posted:

My job description is keeping programmers and all IT professionals as far away from the executives as humanly possible.

That sounds easy.

Sex Falcon
Jun 4, 2013

:parrot: :parrot: :parrot: :parrot:
Mind-map: what does 'good' look like?
*erect penis with word 'GO0D' written in sharpie slowly emerges from unzipped fly*

it's a "nice to have"

null
Feb 19, 2003

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe
Someone just mentioned "action points." Sounds like an RPG. I'm pretty sure I had AP in Fallout.

Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3
Nov 15, 2003
Thanks for your help everyone. You are now unemployed until we find another use for you. In the mean time, please live off your savings and try not to think about suicide.

Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost

null posted:

Someone just mentioned "action points." Sounds like an RPG. I'm pretty sure I had AP in Fallout.

if each day at work is one turn and i have ten AP to spend per day, let's see
get coffee, 1 AP
plug in laptop, 1 AP
poop, 3 AP
get lunch, 2 AP
poop, 3 AP
get seltzer, 1 AP
go home

bag em and tag em
Nov 4, 2008
Okay I think this is good. I just have one note can you *describes undoing all the changes made to the document that I specifically requested after reading the first draft*

Lord of Pie
Mar 2, 2007


just ray posted:

the soviet union will rise again. discuss

Project managers, not pogrom managers

ScRoTo TuRbOtUrD
Jan 21, 2007

FedEx Mercury posted:

It's the lovely job you have to do to earn a chance to compete for executive positions.

pmo actually thinks its not the cushiest job on the planet

Comfy Fleece Sweater
Apr 2, 2013

You see, but you do not observe.

Jira sounds great

Let's implement it asap

ScRoTo TuRbOtUrD
Jan 21, 2007

Mozi posted:

Hm. How can I best resource my dependables in order to maximally prioritize my thoughtwork throughput?

*chugs a beer*

thats a good leverage of alcohol resources!

ScRoTo TuRbOtUrD
Jan 21, 2007

thanks for your hard work on this thread everyone, let me all buy you a shot of well whiskey at the bar

*pockets 4 grand bonus*

CharlestonJew
Jul 7, 2011

Illegal Hen
*writes the niggerstomper58 post in the Story section of JIRA*

Inexplicable Humblebrag
Sep 20, 2003

i believe the OP is an embittered IT professional with limited people skills, who has recently had a dust-up with a project manager and is looking to vent and for validation

Creamed Cormp
Jan 8, 2011

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
Ok everyone, great thread, great ideas, I really like how people are just being so productive, but maybe now would be a good time to synergize

ScRoTo TuRbOtUrD
Jan 21, 2007

DOWN JACKET FETISH posted:

i believe the OP is an embittered IT professional with limited people skills, who has recently had a dust-up with a project manager and is looking to vent and for validation

scrum master spotted

disclaimer: im basically a real-life wally from dilbert

ScRoTo TuRbOtUrD fucked around with this message at 17:36 on Oct 27, 2016

Metanaut
Oct 9, 2006

Honey it's tight like that.
College Slice

Sponge Baathist posted:

*pockets 99% of the money for 100 workers*

Man, did I gently caress up my last salary negotiation

ScRoTo TuRbOtUrD
Jan 21, 2007

Metanaut posted:

Man, did I gently caress up my last salary negotiation

a pm under-budgeting you say?

Burt Sexual
Jan 26, 2006

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Switchblade Switcharoo
Burt Sexual, Blackbelt PMP, ISSC, ITIL

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Squiggle
Sep 29, 2002

I don't think she likes the special sauce, Rick.


DOWN JACKET FETISH posted:

i believe the OP is an embittered IT professional with limited people skills, who has recently had a dust-up with a project manager and is looking to vent and for validation

I have never met a project manager worth a poo poo. And gently caress ITIL and gently caress you Burt

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