On a difficult project, are recruitment procedures watered down ?

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If there%26#039;s difficulty staffing a project - if the project needs skilled staff in short supply, mightn%26#039;t recruitment procedures be watered down and allow in unsuitable staff ?
On a difficult project, are recruitment procedures watered down ?
From personal experience, I can give a resounding YES!
On a difficult project, are recruitment procedures watered down ?
If by %26#039;procedures%26#039; you actually mean %26#039;standards%26#039; then yes. That%26#039;s usually what happens.





Most managers have less than zero technical skills (that%26#039;s why they went into management in the first place) and most of them seem to honestly believe that %26#039;more bodies equals getting it done quicker%26#039;.





This is the same dick-headed philosophy which says that nine women working together should be able to make a baby in one month 鈽?br>




Doug
Reply:The actions of others makes one assumption that is often incorrect and that is that we are aware of all the information involved and the decision making process.





It is easy to render a decision about the actions taken with only a sliver of the information.