I specifically started using an issue tracker so that I could document the "enhancements" requested and the time it took to remove them ;)
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > 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:360595 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
