Finance Still Awaits Its 3 p.m. Staffing Decision

Decisions 2 today

The business responds

• OT / Grid Operations heard that the fly wanted more information on “Multi-factor authentication for all remote access” and refused, loudly enough to be heard two floors down. They cooled on the fly a little.

  “A calm day is not a decision. Please name the missing evidence, the reviewers, and the dated deadline, and confirm MFA changes await Grid Operations approval.”

  OT / Grid Operations Pushed back trust -2

  Next, they want: “Provide the specific missing information, named reviewers, a dated decision deadline, and written confirmation that no production changes occur without Grid Operations approval.” They have already asked for a slot in the fly's diary.

• IT / Infrastructure heard that the fly wanted more information on “Multi-factor authentication for all remote access” and reached straight for a counter-offer. They warmed to the fly, very slightly.

  “A calm day is an excellent time to request more information about MFA, provided we define the questions before production defines the consequences.”

  IT / Infrastructure Negotiated trust +1

  Next, they want: “Authorize a 30-minute review covering operational impact, user burden, dependencies, recovery testing, and exceptions.” They have already asked for a slot in the fly's diary.

• When the fly wanted more information on “Finance asks: Provide the complete staffing proposal with the listed figures and a firm 3 p.m. approval decision.”, Finance dug in its heels. They cooled on the fly a little.

  “Excellent, the staffing proposal remains hypothetical, but the approval deadline remains real. Finance will reserve precisely zero dollars for this invisible workforce.”

  Finance Pushed back trust -2

  Next, they want: “Provide the missing staffing figures, cost range, coverage model, owner, and firm 3 p.m. decision date.” Expect an email.

Diary

• Executive Board: “Within one hour, provide the fortnight delivery plan, interim coverage, named owners, cost, residual risk, and the proposed board decision time.” One-to-one · dropped

  Back on day 23, Executive Board asked for a one-to-one with the fly about “Within one hour, provide the fortnight delivery plan, interim coverage, named owners, cost, residual risk, and the proposed board decision time”. It was postponed once, and today it quietly vanished from the calendar. Nobody has asked where it went.

• Executive Board: “Provide the verified scope, containment status, affected population range, named owner, counsel's view, and board briefing time within one hour.” One-to-one · postponed

  Back on day 28, Executive Board asked for a one-to-one with the fly about “Provide the verified scope, containment status, affected population range, named owner, counsel's view, and board briefing time within one hour”. It was due today, and got pushed back over a diary clash nobody will explain.

• IT / Infrastructure: “Please authorize a brief review of retention, recovery testing, and exceptions before implementation.” One-to-one · postponed

  Back on day 29, IT / Infrastructure asked for a one-to-one with the fly about “Please authorize a brief review of retention, recovery testing, and exceptions before implementation”. It was due today, and got pushed back over a diary clash nobody will explain.

• Finance: “Send the offline-backup cost range, recovery coverage, named owner, funding source, and confirmed 3 p.m. decision date.” One-to-one · postponed

  Back on day 29, Finance asked for a one-to-one with the fly about “Send the offline-backup cost range, recovery coverage, named owner, funding source, and confirmed 3 p.m. decision date”. It was due today, and got pushed back over a diary clash nobody will explain.

What each department thinks of the fly