It's my observation that people in Software Industry are often not clear on their core areas of contribution on a project. People end up stepping on each other's toe, and even worse, managers end up not being able to clearly define the accountability on the right parameters.
Here's my simplified version of roles and corresponding parameters that a person is accountable for, with each successive (or say, progressive) role being accountable for all preceding parameters -
Here's my simplified version of roles and corresponding parameters that a person is accountable for, with each successive (or say, progressive) role being accountable for all preceding parameters -
Role
|
Accountability
|
Productivity
| |
Team Member
|
Quality
|
Lead
|
Effort
|
Schedule
| |
Manager
|
Cost and Margin (Bottom Line)
|
Business Head
|
Growth (Top Line)
|
In my view, any other factor, ones that we often come up with when setting objectives, would roll up to one of the parameters above.
Next on how we can measure objectively on these parameters... any thoughts?
