Constantly failing

**TheBigYinJames** · 31 March 2010, 13:02

Bedwetter.

What a real contractor would do would be to rent a couple of prostitutes, set fire to the building, vote Tory 10 times, kick a beggar, drinka bottle of whisky and bill them £1000 a day.

**Churchill** · 31 March 2010, 13:04

Rescue the project.

If you're not up to the job then step aside.

**Platypus** · 31 March 2010, 13:06

Originally posted by TheBigYinJames View Post

What a real contractor would do would be to rent a couple of prostitutes, set fire to the building, vote Tory 10 times, kick a beggar, drinka bottle of whisky and bill them £1000 a day.

Brilliant!

**Platypus** · 31 March 2010, 13:07

Originally posted by Churchill View Post

Rescue the project.

If you're not up to the job then step aside.

Is that the BA's job ?

**suityou01** · 31 March 2010, 13:07

Originally posted by Churchill View Post

Rescue the project.

If you're not up to the job then step aside.

with remit from where?

**BolshieBastard** · 31 March 2010, 13:08

Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

The development team are constantly failing to deliver. The project manager is failing to sort it out and has been since I started.

As the BA I have no faith in them whatsoever now, this morning was the final straw. The developers have raised an issue with inherited code (code that they inherited back in August and have consistently failed to get working). They say it needs a full rewrite. This the day before code freeze

I just feel like I tell the business things are going to be ok, things will pick up, we are working hard to resolve these issues, and get them back on side and then we fail. Again. It's not like we know well in advance either. These things always come out at the last minute.

Grateful for being able to invoice, but really not enjoying this role any more.

Need them to get a decent PM in who can get the development team firing on all cylinders, but while he seems to have used all his 9 lives he still remains.

The most recent revelation I asked him to confirm in an email. Chased him all morning for this email, yet in the end now BOTH his laptops are not working so cannot send emails. Yet his skype status is logged in

I post this expecting the usual flaming, but nothing more, ok? At least this is on topic.

I think you need to tell the client there are serious, major risks the way the project is going. I certainly would not tell them things will 'be alright' on the day. Who's arse is on the line, yours?

Nah, telling the client what they want to hear is not the way to go if things are as bad as you make them to be.

**TykeMerc** · 31 March 2010, 13:08

As a PM I agree that the responsibility for getting the dev team to do its job and deliver is his.
As a BA all you can do is advise and provide the facts to arm the PM with suitable ammunition to take to all of the stakeholders to make things happen.

You do sound like you're saddled with a PM that doesn't know his trade.

**MarillionFan** · 31 March 2010, 13:09

Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

with remit from where?

Sounds like you want to step up to the plate. Go over the PMs head and straight to his boss. Tell him straight whats going wrong, that the PM has screwed the project up and that you'll get it sorted if they make you PM.

HTH

**shaunbhoy** · 31 March 2010, 13:10

suityou,
have you ever considered a career on mumsnet? They could always make use of another whining nancy with inadequacy issues.

Constantly failing