I agree. Thanks George for all the hard work. shaya
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "George Kraft/Austin/IBM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 8:43 PM Subject: Re: ARGH no more packaging discussions please > On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, George Kraft/Austin/IBM wrote: > > > Agreed. I will take the action item of getting status from the > > installation/packaging team, have them review this week's discussions, > > then get their deliverable slated in my milestones table. > > I want to take this opportunity to thank folks like George here, folks > that often don't get acknowledged. > > I HATE project management. I hate making schedules, design statements, > project plans, and other formal organization. I get away with it in my > job because I only work on four large platforms and I can perform my job > with my various customers on a one-on-one basis, with informal > organization. However, my style of organization is completely worthless > on large efforts. > > We need folks that will do the hard job of documenting and organizing. > Most geeks make terrible project managers. That's why often project > managers are business majors and the like. So I think we are all doubly > lucky to have folks like George who are excellent project managers as well > as excellent geeks. Without folks like him, we'd be lost in a morass of > half-done projects. > > Thank you George for doing the thankless jobs. > Jeffrey. > > o-----------------------------------o > | Jeffrey Watts | > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] o-----------------------------------------o > | Systems Programmer | "I'm reminded of all the Firestone | > | Network Systems Management | commercials we saw when we were | > | Sprint Communications | growing up, 'Firestone Tires - Where | > o----------------------------| The Rubber Meets The Road'. Obviously | > | they met the road a little too much." | > | -- Rep. Eliot Engel, D-NY | > | On the Firestone/Ford tire scandal | > o-----------------------------------------o > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
