Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 24th November 2012

Dilbert//8624, first published fourteen years ago on Saturday 24th November 2012

Tags

work ethic projects meetings ambiguous golas no budget angry team overworked people

Official transcript

Boss: How's your project going? Dilbert: Do you mean the one that has no management support, ambiguous goals, no budget, and an angry team of overworked people who want it to die? Boss: No, the other one. Dilbert: Sometimes there isn't an "other one."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

HOW'S YOUR PROJECT GOING?

DO YOU MEAN THE ONE THAT HAS...

.. NO MANAGEMENT SUPPORT, AMBIGUOUS GOALS, NO BUDGET, AND AN ANGRY TEAM OF OVERWORKED PEOPLE WHO WANT IT TO DIE?

NO, THE OTHER ONE.

SOMETIMES THERE ISN'T AN "OTHER ONE."

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "No Management Support"

Summary:

• The comic strip depicts a meeting where employees discuss their project's progress.
• One employee asks how the project is going, and another responds that there is no management support, ambiguous goals, no budget, and an angry team of overworked people who want it to die.
• The response is met with a sarcastic comment from another employee, "Sometimes there isn't an 'other one.'" The punchline is that sometimes there is no alternative or solution, and the project is doomed to fail.
• The comic strip pokes fun at the challenges of working in a bureaucratic or dysfunctional organization, where management may not provide adequate support or resources for employees to succeed.

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