Remy Porter

Computers were a mistake, which is why I'm trying to shoot them into space. Editor-in-Chief for TDWTF.

Nov 2013

Control

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“It’s about control,” said Mr. Martinet. “We are a large organization- a Fortune 500 company- and large organizations cannot operate without strong controls.”

Luigi nodded. “I understand the need for checkpoints in such a large team.”

“Yes, well, you’re very smart- you wouldn’t be here if you weren’t. We hire only the smartest people we can, Luigi, but it doesn’t matter how smart people are if you don’t have control.”


The New Line in Performance

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In any development shop, there are always a few projects that become notorious. Resources are piled on them until failure is unavoidable. Deadlines slip, skid, and careen into the abyss. Deliverables are rejected again and again.

Carl had managed to avoid working on any of those projects, but he watched them. Each was a slow-motion train-wreck, in Gantt chart form.