No One Would Do That! or Why Engineers Should Attend Budget Meetings

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No One Would Do That! or Why Engineers Should Attend Budget Meetings

Posted November 7, 2006 | Leadership | Amplify

Engineers and technical people should attend budget and other business meetings. Five years ago I wouldn't have entertained that thought. Now I believe it strongly. Without the technical knowledge, I have seen people make decisions that no one would think possible.

About The Author

Dwayne Phillips

Dwayne Phillips has been a computer and systems engineer with the US government since 1980. He coauthored It Sounded Good When We Started, Working with People on Projects with Roy O'Bryan and wrote The Software Project Manager's Handbook, Principles That Work at Work , now in its second edition. Dwayne Phillips can be reached at d.phillips at computer.org. His Web site ishttp://dwaynephillips.net.

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No One Would Do That! or Why Engineers Should Attend Budget Meetings

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