On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:03:39 -0000, Jeff Grigg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> --- Ron Jeffries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>> Or what? My basic reaction to dividing people is "Don't".
> >>> Let's hear some ideas that push in the other direction,
> >>> just for fun.
>
> > --- Steve Bate wrote:
> >> [...], my reaction would be that although there are risks,
> >> this type of dividing is often useful. [...]
>
> --- Ron Jeffries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quoted:
> > "Specialization is for insects." -- R. A. Heinlein.
>
> There's a big difference between...
>
> #1. "Joe is our best database person. Everyone asks Joe for help,
> whenever they're working on tough database stuff."
>
> and
>
> #2. "Joe is our /officially anointed/ database person. All database
> work must be done by Joe."
>
> One of these does a better job of empowering the workers, enabling
> cross training, improving the agility of the team so that it can best
> balance the workload, etc.
>
What happens when Joe doesn't feel like doing /any/ database work,
because he's been doing it for the last 8 years (that's why he got so
savy about it) and wants to do new stuff?
What can you do when helping the others becomes painful to Joe?
Cheers,
Luiz Esmiralha
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