Being a consultant...

...And that my friends, is why it took almost 4 years to develop the McChicken sandwich for McDonalds.

Just for the record, I still think we should reduce the amount of white pepper to .0003% instead of .0004.
 
Been there! The dreaded "scope creep." But hey! They're paying by the hour and each change request has a figures for "effort"

Best regards,
Frank
 
Thanks, Gary. My career has been summarized in a Youtube video. From now on when people ask, "What exactly do you do?" -- I'll just send them this link.

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fc3 said:
Been there! The dreaded "scope creep." But hey! They're paying by the hour and each change request has a figures for "effort"

Best regards,
Frank
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When I was working for Pfizer, we brought in a consulting team to help project manage a data warehouse project. We spent 3 weeks discusing our mission statement, another 2 weeks discussing our "meeting norms and rules" and then another 2 weeks discussing the "Team structure".
 
Vince_nj1 said:
When I was working for Pfizer, we brought in a consulting team to help project manage a data warehouse project. We spent 3 weeks discusing our mission statement, another 2 weeks discussing our "meeting norms and rules" and then another 2 weeks discussing the "Team structure".
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One of the big firms, I'm sure. Sounds like accidenture.
 
And just think I don't believe there were any lawyers in the vieeo, so the fun had only just begun.
 
dpvandy01 said:
that was the most irratating 57 seconds of my life to date!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thank you ! THat was my aim. I am a particular fan of the Kaaaahhhn!!! outburst . :smt038

and here is the original for all other conniseurs ..

[youtube]wRnSnfiUI54[/youtube]

Of course THIS is much, much more annoying than anything I have ever seen!

[youtube]V4wp6gFBviM[/youtube]
 
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When I worked for a big New York aerospace firm, they hired a consulting company to develop a cost reduction dicipline. The consultant team came in to do the training. VP's were given a half day briefing, managers were given a full day briefing. The workers were given a three day workshop, with methodology, procedures, and worksheets. After several weeks of company-wide training, the workers set forth in teams for a six month attempt to come up with cost saving ideas that could be put into practice. An award was to be given to the team with the greatest savings idea. At the end of the period, not a single team had a tangible cost reduction idea. So, the award went to the team that had generated the most comprehensive pile of documentation, using the consultant's procedures.
 
RonF said:
When I worked for a big New York aerospace firm, they hired a consulting company to develop a cost reduction dicipline. The consultant team came in to do the training. VP's were given a half day briefing, managers were given a full day briefing. The workers were given a three day workshop, with methodology, procedures, and worksheets. After several weeks of company-wide training, the workers set forth in teams for a six month attempt to come up with cost saving ideas that could be put into practice. An award was to be given to the team with the greatest savings idea. At the end of the period, not a single team had a tangible cost reduction idea. So, the award went to the team that had generated the most comprehensive pile of documentation, using the consultant's procedures.
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So, the winning idea should have been "Fire all consultants". That would have saved a pile of dough...
 
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