RE: PM Woe

["James Barrow" <vrfour -at- verizon -dot- net>]

>Gene Kim-Eng replied: 
>>Jim Barrow asked:
>>
>>How much control does your project manager have over your daily
activities?
>
>Pretty much 100% (I am the company's PMO).

I did not see that one coming ;^)

The problem that I'm having - as I sit here and finalize the document
creation process for the fourth time - is that the project manager continues
to take the version we all signed-off on and makes changes to it that
transform it into an SLA.

This latest version makes it sound like the sun rises because he gave it
permission.  I digress...

Take, for instance, his requirement that the tech writers email him every
time we start on a doc.  Not impossible to do but, during an especially busy
day, leaves us a little vulnerable to breaking the 'contract.'  I need to
figure out a way to make sure that he gets the information for his project
plan without giving the tech writers too many rules and regulations to
follow.
 
- Jim

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