by Bob Aiello - August 2002

During a major corporate reorganization I found myself working for the Chief Architect of our firm. My first discussion with this MIT graduate revealed that he believed that having a CM support person was completely unnecessary and that CM should just be accomplished by making copies of source code on Network drives (that are backed up every night). I realized during the first few weeks of this relationship that I was working for one of the smartest people I had ever met, but that I had a big job ahead of me if I was ever going to gain his respect and show him that my work was of value to the firm. Today my boss is my biggest supporter and helps me get my job done by promoting the value of my team’s contribution to the firm. Read on if you would like to know how we turned this relationship around