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Well, our work reorganization was finally announced today. I'm no longer the release manager, i'm now the project manager (possibly officially senior project manager- my boss kept saying senior, but it's not that way on the org chart) for software maintenance projects. The title doesn't particularly matter to me except for its utulity in determining salary ranges.
On paper, I have a team of outsourcers to get the work done. In practice, i've been told that the New Technology team will be a resource as well- which means i get to work with lokheed again. This would be a good thing.
After a year of absolute futility where i was both responsible for making sure things were done and abjectly not empowered to enforce any sort of standards or requirements, it'll be nice to have something resembling both authority and support, at least in theory. I'll reserve judgement for the time being, but at this point, having been bitten by the organization a few times, i'm a more than a little inclined to take a wait and see approach. I'm definitely not thrilled about having outsourcers to work with, especially ones in Ft. Worth (well, better than the ones in New Zealand). There's something about having a degree of vested ownership which is just missing with hired guns.
It'll be nice having something approaching a peer group again. This last year has been miserable from a work perspective due to both the double-bind situation noted above, but just as significantly having no peers and feeling completely isolated. In the last year, if something needed to get done, often that meant that i did it myself which really stretched my skillset- i've fixed SQL stored procedures, .Net ASP pages, and antique ColdFusion pages, but which realistically wasn't an optimal use of my time. Still, when something needs to be done and there aren't any other resources...
On paper, I have a team of outsourcers to get the work done. In practice, i've been told that the New Technology team will be a resource as well- which means i get to work with lokheed again. This would be a good thing.
After a year of absolute futility where i was both responsible for making sure things were done and abjectly not empowered to enforce any sort of standards or requirements, it'll be nice to have something resembling both authority and support, at least in theory. I'll reserve judgement for the time being, but at this point, having been bitten by the organization a few times, i'm a more than a little inclined to take a wait and see approach. I'm definitely not thrilled about having outsourcers to work with, especially ones in Ft. Worth (well, better than the ones in New Zealand). There's something about having a degree of vested ownership which is just missing with hired guns.
It'll be nice having something approaching a peer group again. This last year has been miserable from a work perspective due to both the double-bind situation noted above, but just as significantly having no peers and feeling completely isolated. In the last year, if something needed to get done, often that meant that i did it myself which really stretched my skillset- i've fixed SQL stored procedures, .Net ASP pages, and antique ColdFusion pages, but which realistically wasn't an optimal use of my time. Still, when something needs to be done and there aren't any other resources...