Optimization! Is this fancy term valid, in management only? And not to forget, only during office hours …right?
My husband, with 22 years of industry experience in software, who is an SME in his domain, an s/w architect …much more (check his LinkedIn for more achievements)…He endorses optimizing code for effectiveness, quick execution, and fast delivery with high quality and low defects……and what not.
An innocent, stupid question pops up in my mind- then why does this highly experienced person not know how to place the spoons and bowls in the dishwasher? So, they are not integrated; they behave as an individual module and work with no hand-holding. This would indeed also reduce cost, schedule(time), and effort, which would definitely improve the overall success rate and timely completion of the project- in this case (Completing one cycle of the dishwasher).
And also make sure that a co-employee of his (his wife) does not have to spend more time and effort redoing the work again (with a lot of frustration). Not to satisfy the project stakeholder/ customer in this scenario, because that’s me, of course. We all achieve certification on successful completion of “optimisation of code, project process….”- so do we forget to apply it in real life? Do we lose the skill as soon as we step out of the office or quit the Zoom meeting?
I tried re-training my co- employee(My husband)- and asked him to observe me (shadowing)- to learn on-the-job work. But, this would result in a new process- “conflict management”- which may, in this case, become personal, and I tend to lose my managerial skills.
Not only that, this might imbalance my Emotional Intelligence, and I may not be able to successfully apply my inter personal skill to coach my co-employee. I also tried to enroll him for an external training, but it did not meet my expected quality of output.
I accepted this behaviour and work, as a know the ‘Risk’, which would turn into a potential issue in the later course of the project. Such a risk, which has no mitigation plan, has less probability with high impact (driving me crazy).
The only solution, which is not found in PMBOK(management bible), is –“Acceptance”- and move forward.