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> In part, I think this is because professional managers and
> project managers get rewarded for performance in the current
> pay or business cycle with no regard to setting up the future.
> Thus, why would a project manager jeopardize their bonus,
> salary increase, or continued employment by advocating
> something that is more expensive in the current pay
> period when what happens a year down the road will be judged
> independently.
I only buy into this so much.
My quarterly bonus is based on the next quarter. However, I've chosen
longterm goals, but have broken them down into quarterly pieces.
Example...I included, as a goal for the next three quarters some
outside classes. In this quarter, I defined it for UNIX course
registration, next quarter to attend the class, and the next quarter
to create some internal guides.
I defined as another goal to convert the department from FM to
Structured FM using DITA. This is going to take a whole year to
accomplish the goal, so I have portions defined for each quarter.
Unfortunaely, it is also easier to plan 3 months in advance than to
have a plan defined for a whole year.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
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