[Guest]

Programmer to Team Leader:

"We can't do this proposed project. **CAN NOT** It will involve a major design change and no one in our team knows the design of this legacy

system. And above that, nobody in our company knows the language in which this application has been written. So even if somebody wants to

work on it, they can't. If you ask my personal opinion, the company should never take these type of projects"

Team Leader to Project Manager:

"This project will involve a design change. Currently, we don't have any staff with experience in this type of work. Also, the language is

unfamiliar to us, so we will have to arrange for some training if we take this project. In my personal opinion, we are not ready to take on

a project of this nature."

Project Manager to 1st Level Manager:

"This project involves a design change in the system and we don't have much experience in that area. Also, not many people in our company are

appropriately trained for it. In my personal opinion, we might be able to do the project but we would need more time than usual to complete it."

1st Level Manager to Senior Level Manager:

"This project involves design re-engineering. We have some people who have worked in this area and others who know the implementation

language. So they can train other people. In my personal opinion we should take this project, but with caution."

Senior Level Manager to CEO:

"This project will demonstrate to the industry our capabilities in remodeling the design of a complete legacy system. We have all the

necessary skills and people to execute this project successfully. Some people have already given in-house training in this area to other staff

members. In my personal opinion, we should not let this project slip by us under any circumstances."

CEO to Client:

"This is the type of project in which our company specializes. We have executed many projects of the same nature for many large clients. Trust

me when I say that we are the most competent firm in the industry for doing this kind of work. It is my personal opinion that we can execute

this project successfully and well within the given time frame."

and the project goes on.........

[akaslickster]

Just goes to show. He he he he.

[Guest]

Lol poor Client...

[Guest]

really poor clent are this type only......

[Guest]

HA! Sounds either like a Dilbert strip or...real life!

[Guest]

Do you work at my company?

[Guest]

I'd been forwarded this when I was a trainee at my first job by my then immediate boss. Still carry it around

The science behind Corporate Culture

Behavioural scientists are said to place five monkeys in a cage. In the cage is a ladder, and at the top of the ladder is a bunch of bananas. The cage is normal, except for the fact that it has sprinklers in the ceiling through which water can flow.

Not long after being placed in the cage, the monkeys spot the bananas. They begin to climb the ladder, and the behavioural scientists press a switch that turns on the sprinklers. The monkeys get drenched.

The monkeys try again, and the same happens. The sprinklers are turned on and they get drenched.

This happens again and again. Eventually the monkeys give up trying to get the bananas.

The scientists then remove one of the monkeys and put a new one in the cage. The new one spots the bananas and naturally begins to climb the ladder. A fascinating thing happens. The other monkeys aggressively jump on the new monkey and pull it down. The new monkey tries again, and again it gets set upon. Again it tries – the same consequence. Eventually the monkey ceases trying.

The scientists then take another of the original monkeys out and replace it with a new one. The new monkey tries to climb the ladder and it is set upon. This happens time and time again, until the newest monkey stops trying to climb the ladder.

Eventually each of the original monkeys is replaced.

The scientists then place another new monkey in the cage and it is jumped on aggressively and pulled down by the other monkeys.

Why? Not one of them know…