Rain`Shine`Spoon Feeding ... No more

Everyday is a sunny day over at my previous company. The only thing which i had to face is the comp and the codes. There's no rain or storm. Everything is neatly in place. The umbralla sheltering the storm is big and strong. Kudos to the one sheltering the storm all the time. That's almost a deceiving environment. I realised that way of pamper will never exisits in a team more then 2 times the size of the workforce of my previous coy. The shelter does not exisit.

Today, i'm out of the testing team and i'm suppose to start on CR (change request). Total lost again. I was told that i'm going to do BAU (biz as usual). That's a sub category of CR. Basically CR take at leat 2 months before going in system test, SIT, UAT. As for BAU, the turn ard time is about 2 to 3 weeks and it goes straight into UAT then go live. I was told to attend a meeting at 1 pm just now witht the Aust Biz Manager to disucss about the next release of the BAU. Luckily, the meeting was cancelled the last min.

Day 1 into CR team. No orientation to anything. I'm just given the timeline and yes, i have things to do on my very first day in this team. No spoon feeding here. Bascially, you got to ask whomever for the necessary locations to where things are and take the initiative to start doing, reading, or watever its allocated to you. *STRESS* *SCARED*

As i look at the CRs docs, i never did realised that its so complicated in terms of managing. Somethings which my prev coy didn't do and i think it takes alot of man days just to do such things. But i guess its like wat the chinese call. "Bao Chang". Everything moves in a very orderly process here. A CR will come in with a properly design form for the biz user to fill up. The anaylst here will then make the necessary clarification and propose the design etc. It will then be send back for confirmation. Once confirm (sign off), that's when the build and DD (detailed design) will start. 1 CR detailed design doc is almost like my ex coy 1 functional specs. The content inside is really alot. To a point of wat files needs to be change, and what changes is required. Bascially, the programmer just needs to follow the DD to make the changes. Once the thing is sign off, no more chances can be made unless text changes. Else, it will be another change request.

And yes, i'll be liasing with the Biz Manager over at aust and everyone is telling me she's a tyrant! Basically she's unfriednly to us cos she hates us to the core! cannot imagine. Ha ha..3 enemies. Op Vs allies (Ac & St) on international standard, Ac Vs St on national standard. The fight is on! ha ha..Though i dun like the way Ac ppl work and their attitude, but i did learn things afetr all from them. Management is very impt to make sure everything is on time to make a profit instead of a loss. Everything ought to be documented as a form of proof. Eveything is MONEY!! ha ha.. The cost of fixing a bug in SIT or UAT is more expensive as compared to fix in unit or system test.

So there goes the sheltered environment i once use to enjoy! Welcome to the new world of excitments and roller coaster rides!