Definition:
“It is defined as the point where high difficulty stops being a stimulating challenge and becomes merely f**king me about” – Zero Punctuation
Explanation:
This phrase has been lifted in its entirety from the review of “The Surge” by Zero punctuation,
In corporate terms, this is when you have finally reached the stage with any kind of stakeholder where you know nothing you can do or say will make them stop blocking your deliverable.
This could be a member of business for whom you are changing the way they have to work for an accepted reason i.e. New regulations
This could be a localised stakeholder where you are implementing a global project, and it will ruin their little empire.
This could be a technical staff member for whom you’re either taking control away from what they’re currently doing, or implementing a way that they suddenly receive oversight.
It is just a time where you have made every attempt to cater to someone’s needs, you have bent over backwards and they still just keep making stuff up in meetings.
You can see it in people’s eyes when you or they hit this moment, and it’s always a definition of professionalism as to how its handled. Do people utterly flip out and rage? or is it taken offline and hard evidence is presented that this person is an active hindrance to delivery (always a grim moment).
Anyway, I have met no better phrase for that moment of realisation that someone is just a blocker and holds no further use to the project.
Disclaimer: As always these posts are not aimed at anyone client or employer and are just my personal observations over a lifetime of dealing with both management and frontline associates.