Stede Troisi wrote: > Check this article out from Computerworld Online: > > http://www.computerworld.com/managementtopics/management/story/0,10801,97224,00.html?SKC=home97224 > > Is it really getting this bad? How can XP grow in > this > climate? > > and again, why do we allow this?
Because of metric abuse. Tom DeMarco's awesome book /Slack/ has lead me to an annoying conclusion. His book describes companies reducing their middle management and forcing the survivors to take on extra workloads. Standard Dilbertesque fare. In the technical knowledge-working fields, bosses can systematically and evenly squeeze all the Slack out of their companies by using metrics to check that each worker is evenly over-worked. You get what you measure, and folks don't measure Slack. The result is the amazingly common and rampant misery in our industry. And if you think working in an over-developed nation for an over-compensated boss is fun, try working in a 3rd-world outsourcing shop where the streets are full of people who could replace you if you complain about the long work hours. ===== Phlip http://industrialxp.org/community/bin/view/Main/TestFirstUserInterfaces __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com To Post a message, send it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ad-free courtesy of objectmentor.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
