We don't have time to plan, but we'll make time to do it again

[prgrmr]

and again, and again. Which ought to be our comapany's IT department's mantra. It's epidemic at the management level and so completely ingrained in the so-called "corporate culture" that they cannot see it.

While the new payroll system go-live wasn't a disaster, the only thing that was smooth was the rate at which the sarcasm was flowing. OK, mostly from me, and mostly under my breath, but still.

After four years I don't know why I'm still surprised and frustrated by this. Slow learner? Could be.

Comments

[antlers2.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a completely normal rollout for us. Heck, we even take systems to production knowing they're not fully functional and/or bugridden and just "fix them later."

Seems to be a fairly common theme, no?

[malterre.livejournal.com]

Perhaps you are just a closet optimist