Can't help but to let this one out after staring at the award that I had received just a week ago for "outstanding performance".
It was supposed to be a recognition of outstanding work but I guess the operative word "outstanding" is not really understood by the Section Managers as they dished out rewards for staff who delivered the project on time, or for handling a difficult client, or for putting a system in place. I am still trying to figure out where the outstanding element in all of these? Isn't it expected of them to deliver on time and to deal with all hardship and difficulties?
In my world, delivering a project on time is a prerequisite for a half decent Project Manager. However, delivering a project ahead of schedule in remote areas such as the islands of PNG where the tsunami occurence is as frequent as the rain in Malaysia - that's outstanding performance... Putting a system that cut time spend on a particular activity by 50% - that's outstanding performance, but putting a system in place which requires more work by the users because it requires more useless information - that's a freaking waste of everybody's time.
Am I missing the plot again?
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