Comments on: Calm under pressure…. http://www.biscuitinthebasket.com/2009/12/18/calm-under-pressure/ getting through life, one crumb at a time... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:45:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Oussama http://www.biscuitinthebasket.com/2009/12/18/calm-under-pressure/comment-page-1/#comment-6801 Oussama Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:11:56 +0000 http://www.biscuitinthebasket.com/?p=2452#comment-6801 It is interesting how clients commit to providing the relevant personnel to assist in a project they consider to be vital for them, and then these people can not attend as promised because "they are tied up with other work". As far as I am concerned the graduate student should not have been anywhere near your team. Your colleague did the correct thing by walking out, there was no other way, under the circumstances. As a service provider you are at the mercy of your client when you rely on their physical presence to assist in the work, and more preparation should be made to ensure availability of personnel by scheduling people individually and separately. As for working on Clint B and C at the same time, well it should not have happened, but we all know it does. Welcome to the world of multi tasking on multi projects It is interesting how clients commit to providing the relevant personnel to assist in a project they consider to be vital for them, and then these people can not attend as promised because “they are tied up with other work”. As far as I am concerned the graduate student should not have been anywhere near your team.

Your colleague did the correct thing by walking out, there was no other way, under the circumstances. As a service provider you are at the mercy of your client when you rely on their physical presence to assist in the work, and more preparation should be made to ensure availability of personnel by scheduling people individually and separately.

As for working on Clint B and C at the same time, well it should not have happened, but we all know it does. Welcome to the world of multi tasking on multi projects

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