...meeting with executive director...

...to tell or not to tell...

my ED doesnt know anything about what is goin in ciast; i only found out during yesterdays meeting. i was called back to office for a meeting with him about resources. i was asked, why do we need so many more resources in the project? isnt 15 ppl more than enuff?

i took over the board and drew up what was happening in ciast; our resource plan and who are still in the team. i have only 5 programmers with me. out of which, 3 have to be parked under the management reports modules development, 2 parked under implementation(to travel around malaysia to implement the application), 2 to be parked under support team. so where do i get more people to get the project done and over with? i have to plan something soon....

few things to put in mind:
1. people do not want to do the things over and over again. so, park ppl under different job scopes so they will learn.
2. appreciate ppl and tell them their career path in the company and help them achieve their goal.
3. give them ownership of what they are doing. cos nobody ever washes a rented car!

my new project manager is comin in on sept 1. now, my concern is, whats the expectation of this new pm? how can we work with him? shall we adapt to him or him adapting to us? well, for a pm and in that position, his main objectives for the first few months is PERFORMANCE. so he will do anything to increase his kpi. and proof to the management that he can do it. and can do even more. will we be sacrificed for his kpi increment?