Mike scares me. I had this same thought about six months ago: The software industry should model itself after the movie industry.
I don't think the software industry will move forward until the roles of each player have been clearly defined and stabalized to the point where it is accepted to be the norm to have a "director". We are about to start a new project, I think I will take the following idea to my boss:
Lets give titles to each of the players on the team. The boss will be the producer. He will direct the overall flow of the project. Someone will be the director, he will be in charge of the day to day "movement" of the team. The testers will be the editors, they ensure that the bad parts of the movie.. I mean program... won't make it to the screen. And of course the developers will be the actors.
I always wanted to be in Hollywood :)
Posted by carl at March 9, 2004 08:13 AM
what about the gaffer and the best boy grip?
Posted by: jed at March 9, 2004 07:25 PM
You know... those are going to be the most difficult roles to define :)
Posted by: Carl Fyffe at March 9, 2004 10:28 PM
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