Daryl Deffler

@daryl_defflerprogressive-com

Active 4 months, 3 weeks ago
  • Daryl Deffler posted a new activity comment 4 months, 3 weeks ago

    I had a Swoop and Poop manager years back who constantly dropped “critical” new work on me/my team and then later would rant/yell because the original work was not getting done. He did this across the organization.
    I resolved the issue by requiring the manager to set my priorities, 1-5. No ties and not everything is top priority. I then…[Read more]

  • Daryl Deffler posted a new activity comment 1 year, 1 month ago

    A note on risk identification. I’ve found that Risk Identification, labeled as such, draws blank stares from the project teams I’ve managed. Not because they’re adverse to it, but because they’re unsure about it.
    However, when I ask the team to identify what they worry about on the project, I will almost always get a list of 25-100+ items. I…[Read more]

  • Resource Leveling: Scheduling vs. Leveling “Don’t click the level button — it messes up your schedule.” How many times have you said this or heard it? If I had a nickel for each time I’ve heard […]