This word 'roadmap' is really great - a fine example of management guff. A few years ago when the word was still relatively recent as a metaphor I was contracting on a software development project. There was a project manager and a technical architect. The project manager produced plans by the cartload, which the technical architect refused to read. He wanted roadmaps, not plans. So the project manager asked him what he meant by a roadmap. "Oh, well, a list showing what we're all going to produce, and when".
Er, so how is that different from a plan? The project manager, on the other hand, insisted on making plans, not roadmaps, which increased the tension between her and the technical architect to the point where they wouldn't speak to each other. That, of course, was the breakthrough, because now the project manager could give her plans to a go-between, and the go-between could give the same documents to the technical architect, but call them roadmaps. And so harmony was restored. -- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Tom C > Sent: 02 October 2007 17:23 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Press releases from today... (and roadmap) > > >From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Where did you find the roadmap. I couldn't find that link. > > > > You first need to go to the "Link Roadmap". Using it you can > find your way > to the "Roadmap". Any more questions? > > Oh, try your local Standard Oil station. They used to give > away maps like > they were going out of style. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
