…need a minor change to our website." Wally says, "Give me your business case for the change and I'll prioritize it for the queue." Woman says, "I don't have time to write a business case for one little change." Wally says, "I can't justify changing my priorities without one." Woman says, "GAAAA!!! Why…
…priorities, and that wasn't one of them." The Boss says, "So... when can I expect it?" Wally says, "Logically, that would be never." Wally says, "If that task ever became the most important thing I was doing, you'd eliminate my position." The Boss says, "True. But at least you're getting the high priority…
"And those are the company priorities for the coming year. Any questions?" "Should I be concerned that none of my projects relate to any of those priorities?" "You're over thinking again." "Sorry."
…don't have enough resources to do a project. It makes us look lame." "Instead, say we have a fixed capacity that is already dedicated to higher priorities. That makes whoever asked us for help look lame." "Can I keep telling people I donated all of my blood to hurricane victims?"
"All of your e-mails this week were marked as highest priority." "So I spent the entire week working on the first one." "Next week I plan to continue not feeding the squirrels by the east entrance."
"In order to boost productivity, the company has decided that employees can not use e-mail on Fridays." "What if my highest priorities require e-mail? Should I waste my day doing worthless stuff?" "Geez, somehow you made a great idea seem ridiculous." "Yeah, that's all me."
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