Timeline for When do I tell my boss I'm out of work to do?
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| May 30, 2017 at 18:26 | comment | added | mgarciaisaia | ASAP is the answer. The thing is when does "possible" occur. Something like as soon as you see the issue coming could be. | |
| May 30, 2017 at 13:59 | comment | added | Kate Gregory | If it always takes days to get you a replacement task, then you need to manage your time to deal with that reality. If it occasionally takes days then you are not mismanaging your time when that happens. Such occurrences are when you get the documentation up to date or watch the recordings from that conference that was held recently, or the like. Also, telling someone once you are blocked and then doing low-value things for days at a time suggests to others you don't mind being blocked. Be sure to remind people you need tasks. | |
| May 30, 2017 at 13:56 | comment | added | Walfrat | I agree, it's just that the "most valuable" things was moved from the developer to the project manager. I am currently blocked while I alerted days before (customers not giving elements), so now I'm stuck between documentation and improvments. | |
| May 30, 2017 at 13:39 | comment | added | Kate Gregory | I haven't known a month in advance for decades, not counting hard-scheduled things like delivering a conference talk. But that's not what's required to manage your time well. What's required to manage your time well is working on the most valuable thing all the time, instead of working on less-valuable stuff just because you're blocked and didn't tell anyone yesterday that you would be blocked today. | |
| May 30, 2017 at 13:37 | comment | added | Walfrat | i would rephrase "can correct" by "might be able to", because there are times where it is not the case. Ideally people are supposed to know 1 month ahead on what they'll be working but sometimes you don't know even know what would be your next task tomorrow or if you'll have the information to do so. | |
| May 30, 2017 at 13:27 | history | answered | Kate Gregory | CC BY-SA 3.0 |