tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405476812031211238.post2268516988734813131..comments2023-07-12T18:09:56.569-04:00Comments on Rhythm of Testing: Encouraging, Motivating & Cajoling: Getting people to do the job... Pete Walenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10651704389491850533noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405476812031211238.post-5730737173023423342020-02-17T05:55:24.641-05:002020-02-17T05:55:24.641-05:00If we really are talking about a "special pro...If we really are talking about a "special project of importance to the whole company", then the whole company has to help make it happen. Remember the guy who sweeps up leaves outside NASA HQ, who, when asked what his job was, said "I help launch the Space Shuttle".<br /><br />In a previous existence, I worked for an organisation which went into overdrive on a major project every five years or so. There were bonuses at the end of the project for everyone who was involved in it (the only bonuses some people ever got, but that's another story). Senior management soon twigged early on (after a little prompting) the first time they did this project that a lot of people who weren't directly involved nonetheless helped because they either ran support, or picked up on other work from colleagues who were more heavily committed to the project. So in the end, when bonuses were handed out, everybody got SOMETHING, even if it was only £250 in the proverbial brown envelope to say "Thanks for putting up with the rest of us."Robert Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04351414198776218617noreply@blogger.com