Well on the 5th my colleague (Gilles) and I spoke with the product manager about the training to be done on the 6th (Tuesday). We said that we did not have enough time to spend with the new version before the course, and asked for it to be rescheduled in a way where we would get 2 days preparation for the 2 day course.
Promising that the software was due that night, or worst case the next morning we would reschdule for Thursday the 9th. We would end up working and doing preparation with the software on the 7th and 8th...and even the 10th as we scheduled non-consecutive days for the training...
Wednesday the 8th, my typical quitting time was 16:00 at the latest (I start by 06:30 am), and by that time the software still had not been released.
Gilles and I finally ended up with our new installations by about 19:30 at night...
No 2 days of prep-time...over 12 hours at work, spent essentially waiting for the software...
We did day one of the training on Thursday, not bad, not good.
I worked a half day Friday to minimize on overtime, and gilles ran into some trouble with the prep work we decided on Friday morning...
Now its Sunday, the 2nd day of training is scheduled for tomorrow. There's probably four hours of work to do for tomorrow's course. I don't want to spent part of my Sunday at work, mainly because its not fair to Loren and I really don't want to travel in the snow (we received aroud 25 cm or 10 inches of snow since Friday).
We're going to wing it again...oh boy