Bulldozer00's Blog

In ho-hum, yawner borgs, a meticulously followed but mysteriously unwritten rule is that Domain Analysts (DA) and Software Developers (SD) remain safely within the confines of their area of expertise:

The borg’s job classification, compensation, and status-award sub-systems ensure that this “confined safety” rule is firmly in place; and silently enforced. No encroachment is allowed, lest social punishment be inflicted to “right the wrong“.

When turf transgressions in the form of hard-to-answer questions and “suggested” alternatives from an encroacher occur:

a rebuke from the (Jim) encroachee is sure to follow. If that tactic doesn’t flatten and widen the boundary curve back into place, then the big gun is rolled out: management. D’oh! Watchout!

In effective, world class orgs, there is no “confined safety” rule:

This non-horizontal, continuous, and smooth interface boundary between disciplines is not only an anomaly, but when it does miraculously manifest, it’s only temporary and local, no?

Hell, there are no rules here. We’re trying to accomplish something. – Thomas Alva Edison