I was brainstorming for some ideas to keep me busy the next few months (only got a gazillion ideas, currently prioritizing them :)), and I came up with an idea that I used for my first blogging experience… yep, it was still 2004, and I had this illusive idea to compare project people with animals… below the only entry that came out of that brainwave…

Photography by CreativeBloke.

One moment of sleep, of not paying attention and you are dead meat. It is a real deadline sniper… the sky is blue, the sun is shining, and you have commitment on your hands before you know it.

I'm talking about the Basset Hound a.k.a The Basset.

"You agree that we have to got the highest quality possible, don't you."
"Uhu", the Project Manager nods, his head barely up, at the end of the meeting from Hell.
"To ensure good testing we have to have the legacy systems data converted, and up and running within our new system when we test."
"Hmmmm, uhu."
"Great. Next item."

Playing this scene back in your head later on, it hits you. You have a new deadline. Data conversion should be ready before testing. When is testing planned? Shoot, in two weeks. The Basset did it again.

He looks harmless. He looks pretty cute, adorable even, the true gentleman. In a moment of mental absence he hit you with a new deadline.

Well, no harm done. Let's call him up, and roll it back.

And now you find out while we call him The Basset. These dogs don't listen. If they lay down on the floor (as they do almost the entire day), there is no way to move them.

"No sorry, I already communicated this within the organization. Plans are made, people are booked. You said it was ok, didn't you?"
"Uhu."

What animal does your customer resemble? What does your boss look like?
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