Manager: | Uhh, God- Is it OK if I call you that? |
God: | Sure; you're the manager. This one is your show. |
Manager: | OooooKay. God, So what make you want to apply for this Project Management Position? Not happy in your previous assignment? |
God: | I've been at the current job for quite awhile and thought a little vocational sabbatical was in order. Thought I'd get a little taste of Hell to keep me fresh for the Long Haul. |
Manager: | Sounds reasonable. Let's talk about your last management project. |
God: | Creation; yes, some of my best work though we had our problems |
Manager: | Yes; well, your documentation states that it was a 7 day assignment- 6 days actually- but the user community indicates that it was actually a multi-billion year effort. |
God: | Truly, it was a classic case of scope creep. The final product was far more complex than first envisioned. Also, there were the usual issues; false starts, development delays. |
Manager: | And what is the status of the overall project? |
God: | The Project is in the hands of the Users right now undergoing Beta testing. |
Manager: | And how is that going? |
God: | It depends on who you talk to; some good, some bad. |
Manager: | Any particular Project Team filling more bug reports than the others? |
God: | Mohammed's team is particularly cranky at the moment. And, of course, the atheists refused to participate. You know how users can be. |
Manager: | I gather there were some major problems with Jesus's group for awhile. |
God: | Oh yeah; they had one User Group meeting that was murder; they positively crucified Him. Required some of my best abilities to fix that one up. Things are better on that front now. |
Manager: | What is the single biggest issue you and your Team leaders have these days? |
God: | Communications, of course. Tends to get garbled on the way down the ranks. |
Manager: | It says here, you had to restart the project at one point; was a major re-org involved? |
God: | Yes, the Great Flood. Communication was definitely the issue there. That re-org resolved it for quite a spell. |
Manager: | Any other setbacks? |
God: | Well we did try to simplify the User Guide for them to 10 simple steps, but it didn't take hold very well. But that only cost us about 40 years. |