Good one. Time to talk with the powers that be then. On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. >> > >> > >> > >> >> > >
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