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You can't give up on measuring things, but you don't have to let people know what you are measuring or make the measure materially to them. That's there the tro
by golemotron 12y ago
You can't give up on measuring things, but you don't have to let people know what you are measuring or make the measure materially to them. That's there the trouble starts.
- sp332 12y agoHow do you know if the soldiers you have assigned to a project are any good without testing them?
- golemotron 12y agoTest the project.
- mathattack 12y agoThe challenge is then you lose accountability, and the ability for people to work on what they are weak at.
- golemotron 12y agoThere's a good argument that we shouldn't attempt to work on our weaknesses but that we should work on our strengths instead. I don't have a link but I've seen reference to this in research about performance reviews.
- mathattack 12y agoI've seen similar. I kind of view it as "A couple As and a couple Cs are better than all Bs" The one caveat is that you don't want any Fs. For example, to be a great programmer, you don't need to be a great English writer, but if you can't communicate at all, your work will suffer. There's a minimum level after which it's better to focus on programming. If you're a great accountant, you don't need to be a master of spreadsheets, but you need to be good enough to get the job done.