Dilbert says, "Welcome to another round of 'If we had money.' I'll go first." Dilbert says, "If we had money, we could design and test newproducts." Asok says, "We could go to training." Dilbert says, "You forgot to say, 'If we had money'!"
"I changed the productdesign." "It's worse than the old design." "You asked me to come up with a newdesign." "I meant a newdesign that's better than the old design." "Great. You could have told me that before I did all this work." "How do you think this makes me feel?" "No one would blame me for hating…
"Productdesigner" "The newproduct is selling like crazy, thanks to it's great design." "Sales" "It's so attractive that people over look its minor flaws in functionality." "For example, it accuses the user of sex crimes whenever company comes over." "And it's cute!"
"Alice, this year you single-handedly designed and launched a billion dollar line of newproducts." "For that accomplishment, I give you the highly coveted 'meets expectations' designation!" "Alice, if having high expectations of you is wrong, then I don't want to be right."
…brochure and exclaims, "The newproduct brochures have already won design awards!" Dilbert responds, "That's great, but our product won't do any of the things you claim here." The co-worker crosses his arm and says, "Well, who should we believe - the award-winning designer or the guy who can't stop complaining?…
…points on the screen and says, "I designed a product that could fill a gaping hole in the market." Dilbert continues his presentation, pointing to a new slide with two shapes on it, nothing more. He says, "But thanks to the miracle of teamwork it turned into a product with no actual features." The next…