DOHC-LSR
05-02-2007, 05:38 PM
Working in a Mediocracy... this is interesting... but long...
A “mediocracy” is an organization in which the mediocre prevails. Most people in a mediocracy are mediocre in both mind and soul, and most products of a mediocracy lack merit. Although a few individuals in a mediocracy may strive to rise above the second rate, their attempts are likely to be doomed by the prevailing ethos of their surroundings.
Sad to say, many software-development organizations — departments or even whole companies — are mediocracies. These shops hug a narrow brow of dullness, being unable to scale the slope of high quality but also just avoiding the chasm of complete extinction. Such shops deliver systems that are barely passable and retain personnel who are virtuosos of the banal. Yet, they produce just enough that works in order to survive.
In this chapter, I first examine the causes of a software mediocracy and describe its negative effects. I then offer ways to change the mediocracy, depending upon your level in the organization.
Read the rest here ->
http://www.waysys.com/ws_content_bl_ppm.html
A “mediocracy” is an organization in which the mediocre prevails. Most people in a mediocracy are mediocre in both mind and soul, and most products of a mediocracy lack merit. Although a few individuals in a mediocracy may strive to rise above the second rate, their attempts are likely to be doomed by the prevailing ethos of their surroundings.
Sad to say, many software-development organizations — departments or even whole companies — are mediocracies. These shops hug a narrow brow of dullness, being unable to scale the slope of high quality but also just avoiding the chasm of complete extinction. Such shops deliver systems that are barely passable and retain personnel who are virtuosos of the banal. Yet, they produce just enough that works in order to survive.
In this chapter, I first examine the causes of a software mediocracy and describe its negative effects. I then offer ways to change the mediocracy, depending upon your level in the organization.
Read the rest here ->
http://www.waysys.com/ws_content_bl_ppm.html