Is there anyone else you can complain to, such as the next higher pointy-haired boss? If you have all this documented you probably have a good case.
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm not sure how this woman at work got to be a project manager on the web > app that I'm developing, but she's about to make me crazy. There's been so > many times she's asked for a feature only to have me remove said feature > later on. She keeps on making the site more complicated on the premise > that she's making it simpler. In essence, she wants the whole site to be a > wizard...argh. > > Anyway, we have a documents section on this web app. Each document has a 1 > line title and a multiline description. She said that the descriptions of > the documents were causing people to scroll too much so she wanted them > hidden by default with an expand button next to the title. I explained to > her that I thought this was a bad ux decision as finding the correct > document would require expanding those descriptions. (The descriptions > have the expiration date and a list of projects those docs are related to). > In the end, I did it....grudgingly > > Yesterday, she asked me to expand the title field. It's already 256 chars > long so I asked what she was putting in the title field. She replied that > she was putting the title, the expiration date and all the projects it was > related to.....AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! > > Oh and she's hosting training on this site today and wants a feature pushed > out that hasn't been tested beyond what testing I do. I explained how bad > of an idea it is to push an untested feature out 4 hours before > training...but she still wants it. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360594 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
