Thread regarding Allstate Corp. layoffs

DPMs knew what they were getting into

Then they wonder why DPMs leave.

So in addition to DPMs already having everything thrown on them: Project/program management, team coaching, backlog management, delivery standards, trying to manage dependencies of work broken into multiple tiny slivers across teams etc...they have to waste time on paperwork nonsense Meanwhile, the id--ts at the top and in the middle will continue to be financially incented to hit predetermined dates and the DPMs will be told what they have deliver and by when. The rhetoric is that DPMs will be “empowered” to push back on that but the reality is they know they'll get run over. They already have been run over as the DPMs who pushed back got slammed by the a-s kisser influencers. Any one of them who questions the fake reality that’s being peddled to management will find their voice quickly silenced and someone more accommodating taking their role. This ‘certification’ will just be something with which to beat up on the DPMs when they can’t stroke the old fashioned, siloed delivery process to produce faster. The teams trying to deliver and pivot to meet demand will be no closer than they were a year ago or ten years ago because nothing that really needs to change actually will.

I don’t even know what you’re talking g about.

Most folks on this site are at Gold Level in whining. So we have that going for us!

The company is great at wasting time and resources as everyone is well aware.

Honestly I think this company just loves to waste time and money. No results hardly ever its pretty pathetic

Those who aren’t following the OBD model will make it look like they are to protect their jobs. Those who are following the model are probably run off their feet following the model.

This is all coming from the top. From the two jokers. Most of what they're implementing now has already been tried in Allstate and has failed or simply not been the success that it needed to be continued. XP and TDD in the CompoZed lab? I know people loved working in that area, but I never heard any big success stories to justify expanding it out to the rest of the company.

OBD? One of the core tenets of OBD, as I recall from the "training", was data-based decision making. I don't see any measurements to say that this new way of doing things is going to be a success. Was it trialed anywhere? Where's the data to back up this seismic shift in operating model? What measurements are we currently using to make sure that we're "better" than we were 12 month ago? The ODB certification is not it.

This certification sounds to me like it's not a measurement of standards but more a stick to beat us with and seeing as the jokers at the top are people who don't take "no" for an answer, it doesn't fill me with confidence that this is anything positive.

"Trust me bro" does not breed confidence in management or anything it tries to implement.

I agree. It is a stupid waste of time.