Comments on Pawel Brodzinski on Software Project Management: Half Time Work, Full Time Results

Sure, there's nothing wrong with motivating the te...

2007-07-25T21:46:00.000+02:00

Sure, there's nothing wrong with motivating the team to work more efficiently, but doing that by negative examples (and Albert is a negative example - I insist on that one) isn't the right path.

I've always tried to praise people who maybe aren't the best when talking about knowledge or experience, but lead the team in commitment and will to help others. You underline positive attributes then.

The problem I have is rigidness of his statement: ...

2007-07-25T16:29:00.000+02:00

The problem I have is rigidness of his statement: leave me alone and I am not working any longer than 20 hrs. That would be a killer for the team dynamics. So i would also go with the no. (if it a one person gig-by all means, have a ball)

That being said, there is nothing wrong with motivating your team to be effective, and manage on results and not on time spend behind a desk. However, then management will decide that the project can be done at half the duration :)

Mike,Yes, you haven't mentioned that the hire woul...

2007-07-24T19:27:00.000+02:00

Mike,

Yes, you haven't mentioned that the hire would be made without much thinking (that was Steven's point), but anyway it was a "yes" decision.

I know there are a lot of arguments if favor of hiring Albert, but I'm yet to see something which would really compensate impact on teamwork.

Pawel,I wouldn't say that I gave my opinion "witho...

2007-07-24T14:41:00.000+02:00

Pawel,

I wouldn't say that I gave my opinion "without much thinking". I usually think a lot before I hire someone because I know that my people are my most important investment. But don't forget that this is just a hypothetical case!

I posted more arguments in favor of the decision to hire a person like Albert in a new post in my blog.

Take a look if you are still interested.

Mike