Thursday, March 02, 2006
That's so stupid that it's not even wrong: Programmers should be seen and heard
The single biggest barrier to success in a project is when the project team do not communicate effectively.
This cripples the project beyond repair, and people may as well just pack up and go home. Technology choice, technical difficulty are all just minor in comparison to the numbing effect of lack of communication.
Some of the key factors in this are when inexperienced, or unsure developers refuse to ask questions for fear of being seen as "dumb". Ask the questions. Ask the BA's if you don't understand the requirements. Ask the senior developers if you don't understand how to build something. Ask the project managers for advice if you think you might take longer than expected.
There's a very, very big difference between inexperience and stupidity. Most people go through the inexperienced stage at various times. It's not a problem, it's not an issue.
What is an issue is if people don't recognise that inexeperience is just a phase that we all have to go through during learning. Get over it. Move on. Ask the questions.
Posted by jon at March 1, 2006 12:24 PM Comments
This cripples the project beyond repair, and people may as well just pack up and go home. Technology choice, technical difficulty are all just minor in comparison to the numbing effect of lack of communication.
Some of the key factors in this are when inexperienced, or unsure developers refuse to ask questions for fear of being seen as "dumb". Ask the questions. Ask the BA's if you don't understand the requirements. Ask the senior developers if you don't understand how to build something. Ask the project managers for advice if you think you might take longer than expected.
There's a very, very big difference between inexperience and stupidity. Most people go through the inexperienced stage at various times. It's not a problem, it's not an issue.
What is an issue is if people don't recognise that inexeperience is just a phase that we all have to go through during learning. Get over it. Move on. Ask the questions.
Posted by jon at March 1, 2006 12:24 PM Comments
