Despite unrealistic expectations, team members out of the office, and reliance on a vendor to migrate data, we met the major deliverable that was technically not due until 8/4 but was changed to "as soon as possible" or "at least by Friday." I was down in the weeds with the team doing hands-on configuration and creating all kinds of SQL queries and validation spreadsheets to QC the work.
This is the third year that I have been involved in this project. You would think the organization would have a high-profile project that's done every year down like clockwork. Somehow, we always end up scrambling every year. One of the culprits is changing deadlines from state agencies. All deadlines are made up, some of them you can fudge and others are hard deadlines that cannot be missed without major consequences. Still, other areas of the organizations knew about these dates before we did, and we are where the rubber meets the road.
I wish I could say the work is all done, but this is only the first phase of the project. We have one more task to complete next week involving some rate tables. After phase 1, we move on to phase 2 where we need to manage the benefit updates. No rest for the wicked.
This is the third year that I have been involved in this project. You would think the organization would have a high-profile project that's done every year down like clockwork. Somehow, we always end up scrambling every year. One of the culprits is changing deadlines from state agencies. All deadlines are made up, some of them you can fudge and others are hard deadlines that cannot be missed without major consequences. Still, other areas of the organizations knew about these dates before we did, and we are where the rubber meets the road.
I wish I could say the work is all done, but this is only the first phase of the project. We have one more task to complete next week involving some rate tables. After phase 1, we move on to phase 2 where we need to manage the benefit updates. No rest for the wicked.
this sounds at least fun?