"If I don't understand it, it must be simple." I remember the Dilbert cartoon it was from. It’s a classic Dilbert principle. It plays out over and over in life – ok, mostly work life. Some vp says “I want you to create a system to track banking deals and generate some reports. How hard can that be?” Or, “Just install a telephone system for our company. How hard can that be?” Because they’ve never done it – don’t even understand it – they assume it must be simple. ■ I’m working on a reservation system for a nonprofit and they don’t realize the hours that it’s taken to get the system up and in testing. And now they don’t understand why making changes should be such a big deal. It never ends. Does it?
You realize that anyone (including leaders at the organization you're creating the form for) can read your blog, right?
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