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1. 
   PhilJo
   

   February 3, 2012 at 6:26 pm | Permalink | Reply

   So respond in a reasonable time frame and people won’t pull this move

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     Simon Farnsworth
     

     February 6, 2012 at 2:20 am | Permalink | Reply

     Don’t ask me to respond if you don’t actually need my input.

     Either you need me to read the document and think about it, in which case “deemed acceptance” isn’t good enough, it’s just a poor attempt at arse-covering, or you’re sending the document my way in case I’m interested.

     If you don’t need my input, why are you waiting on my response in the first place?

2. 
   Travis
   

   February 5, 2012 at 5:18 pm | Permalink | Reply

   If you reject my report NOW, you tell me why NOW, not next week. We wouldn’t even be having this conversation if you didn’t dawdle around so much.

3. 
   Alina
   

   February 6, 2012 at 6:24 am | Permalink | Reply

   Would it be so urgent if it were well planned and properly managed? If it was legitimately urgent he would have kept the manager briefed, and this approval would not be a surprise, just a formality.

4. 
   stuart
   

   February 6, 2012 at 7:42 am | Permalink | Reply

   Look, I mostly agree with all of the above and I’m pretty sure I could do 50 more comics on review processes and frameworks (and I just might ).

   Necessity, capability, timeliness, avoidance, accountability, comprehension …. the list of topics could go on forever.

   But one thing remains very clear, at least to me.

   Deemed acceptance is not the answer.

   It’s arrogant and dismissive and bloody rude and while sometimes you feel it’s the only way to get that good-for-nothing lazy reviewer motivated to do their job, it’s still not ok. There are always other options.

   You’re better than that, right?

5. 
   Mike K.
   

   February 8, 2012 at 2:18 am | Permalink | Reply

   Well Stuart,
   I found that sometimes, you might as well write “Pointy-haired boss was picking their nose and played on their touchpad for the entire meeting” into the meeting notes, and they’d still not have any feedback comments.

   Then, in the next meeting, they’d ask why this-and-that didn’t get done, when clearly the AP was assigned to them both spoken in the meeting and written in the notes.

   I agree deemed acceptance isn’t the answer, but when deadlines are pressing, sometimes it’s the only way out.

   There simply sometimes isn’t a better way than “Here’s my suggestion – I’ll go this route until you contradict” when key players aren’t responding.

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     Simon Farnsworth
     

     February 8, 2012 at 7:14 pm | Permalink | Reply

     I’d argue that that’s not “deemed acceptance” in the way that I understand it; you’re not saying that “if $PHB does not contradict me by close of business tomorrow, he has given his approval to what I’m doing and can’t take it back” (my interpretation of deemed acceptance) – you’re saying “if $PHB doesn’t contradict me by close of business tomorrow, I’m going to get on with it, and if I’m getting it wrong, well, he should have shown leadership earlier”.

     Key difference is that in the first case, if you get a disciplinary for it, you’re arguing that the boss approved what you’re doing. In the second case, you’re arguing that you did the best you can, absent any guidance from management.

6. 
   craig
   

   February 10, 2012 at 5:40 pm | Permalink | Reply

   So…

   Why does one ask for approval on a report?