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<\/a>That necessary purpose can be obscured by defensive responses to missed deadlines. “Don’t use excuses, supply reasons,” is our capsulized guidance culled from a list of “10 excuses your boss doesn’t want to hear,” provided by Justin James on the \u00a0TechRepublic blog<\/a>. \u00a0We would only add that bosses, too, need to be sensitive to what may have actually happened \u2013 to be willing to learn.<\/p>\nHere’s Justin’s list. We’re capsulizing his explanations; he spells each of them out. Most come down to \u2013 pay heed first off:<\/p>\n
1.<\/strong> I didn’t understand the assignment<\/strong> – Things should be fully understood at the start. \u00a0If a boss doesn’t have the greatest communication skills, more attentiveness to clarifying the project is required.<\/p>\n 2.<\/strong> The deadline was impossible<\/strong> \u2013 Don’t accept a ridiculous deadline. Talk it through with your boss beforehand.<\/p>\n 3<\/strong>. A valuable resource wasn’t available<\/strong> \u2013 If something is missing, that needs to be known at the start.<\/p>\n 4.<\/strong> The requirements shifted <\/strong>\u2013 As new requirements come up, be mindful of them and their possible impact on the project. Make changes in deadlines as advisable.<\/p>\n 5. I have personal issues<\/strong> \u2013 Who doesn’t? Get help with them as necessary.<\/p>\n 6. I don’t have enough time<\/strong> \u2013 Manage your plate well, and surface time issues promptly.<\/p>\n 7. I don’t know what went wrong<\/strong> \u2013 Well, gee…<\/p>\n 8. We ran into blockages<\/strong> \u2013 Sort them out promptly and effectively.<\/p>\n 9. The only copy of the work got destroyed<\/strong> – Make backups hither and yon.<\/p>\n 10. The dog ate my homework<\/strong> \u2013 Inexplicable events happen. Roll with them.<\/p>\n \u2013 Doug Bedell<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Engineering is pressurized work and not everything gets accomplished on time or according to schedule. When delays occur, it’s important to be clear about why they did and to learn from them. That necessary purpose can be obscured by defensive responses to missed deadlines. “Don’t use excuses, supply reasons,” is our capsulized guidance culled from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=733"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":744,"href":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733\/revisions\/744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}