Or, rather, out of the saddle? Hmmmm....

I finished the PFH1* two days ago, actually. I have been busy working on my year end performance review, catching up on other projects, catching up on email, etc. Today, I'm taking the day OFF. Oh, and Saturday and Sunday too- in case there's any question in your mind.

Once I finished PFH1, it was time for the Learning Management System (LMS) administrators to do their thing. Re-publish the updated original modules, publish the new modules (oh- did I tell you that I had to create two different versions of all of the modules to make this thing work?), and rearrange the curricula.

::SCREECH:: they didn't have the resources to do it this week. It would be some time next week.

Of course, I should have expected that. Every step of the way I've been up against a brick wall, why should the last step be any different?

So..... I pulled a "Lori Special". I said that I know the test version of the LMS system inside out because I taught myself three weeks ago and have been in and out of it every day since. I further said that if the live version is the same as the test version, then I could do all of it for them. Someone would just have to give me access.

The man who shall receive homemade fudge (the tech guy whose praises I sung last week), gave me access and I was on my way.

All that's left to do on this project is to follow up with the 1000 or so managers to ensure that their people have taken the training. If you were around my blog in March last year, you'll remember that in the end I was making telephone calls to the slackers who wouldn't respond to my email.

Something to look forward to...

Now you get to read my spin on this whole thing. I was stressed out beyond anything I could have imagined; I worked more hours than I though was physically possible; I ran into road block after road block; I was forced to learn some very technological things in a very short time (and under stress); and I put up with lots of people who just didn't get it.

Would I change anything?

Believe it or not, I'm going to have to say no. In the end, every.single.one of my customers was ecstatic with what I produced (even 'Mr. Helpful' left me a voicemail saying "great job" on Wednesday); I know that the training (the meat of the project) is the best training that I've ever produced; and I learned LOTS of new things. Most of all, I was able to prove to myself that I still have whatever it takes to get the job done. I *know* that I've done something this past month (we won't count the weeks before that, that ran relatively smoothly) that very few people could or WOULD do.

I proved to myself, and hopefully to my employer, that this ol' girl still has it.

*Project From Hell 1