The head of the company has all of the department heads in and informs them of their new project that they will implement immediately.
Those department heads all shake their heads and grumble to one after another, “This just won’t work and I don’t like doing it anyway.”
The owner and CEO does (1) Apologizes to the department heads and agrees his project should have been run by them first to check and see if they liked it; or (2) Tells the department heads to go back to their offices, clean out their desks and consider themselves terminated immediately. They are to pick up their checks at HR and vacate the premises by noon!
Hmmm do you choose option 1 or 2?
Those department heads all shake their heads and grumble to one after another, “This just won’t work and I don’t like doing it anyway.”
The owner and CEO does (1) Apologizes to the department heads and agrees his project should have been run by them first to check and see if they liked it...
Sounds like the NFL
The Plan
In the beginning was The Plan
and then the specification;
And The Plan was without form,
and the specification was void
And darkness was on the faces of the implementors thereof;
And they spake unto their leader, saying:
“It is a crock of shit, and smells as of a sewer.”
And the leader took pity on them, and spoke to the project leader:
“It is a crock of excrement, and none may abide the odor thereof.”
And the project leader spake unto his section head, saying:
“It is a container of excrement,
and it is very strong, such that none may abide it.”
The section head then hurried to his department manager,
and informed him thus:
“It is a vessel of fertilizer, and none may abide its strength.”
The department manager carried these words to his general manager, and spoke unto him saying:
“It containeth that which aideth the growth of plants and is very strong.”
And so it was that the general manager rejoiced and delivered the good news unto the Vice President.
“It promoteth growth, and it is very powerful.”
The Vice President rushed to the President’s side, and joyously exclaimed:
“This powerful new softare product will promote the growth of the company!”
And the President looked upon the product and saw that it was very good.
(After the subsequent disaster, the suits protected themselves by saying “I was misinformed!”, and the implementors were demoted or fired. The managers and officers of the company received large bonuses.)