Lower skilled workers will always exist. The old quote is something like: the poor will always be with us. The fatal flaw is not lower skilled workers but having no quality control system such as walk-thrus, etc. And the maligned separate roles of analyst and programmer need not be different people, but quite often is. And the argument over formal top-down approaches versus XP should be one of fitting the right people to the right process for the right problem. One needs wide enough experience to see that. An interactive online shopping program can be approached entirely differently from avionics software for which the physics and hardware can be known, for the most part, ahead of time. Seems like an excellent PPIG research topic would be finding why folks have extreme prejudices with particular methods. I imagine the result would be that if you only have a hammer, all your problems look like nails.
Have a nice day. I always enjoy PPIG discussions and benefit from them. C. Wayne Hardeman (no credentials other than 38 years of scars and callouses) --- Derek M Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pc, > > >>Lets not forget the fact that software development is one of the few > professional activities where the most junior and inexperienced staff get to > write most of the important parts of the product that the customer actually > uses. > > > >Is that true in general, or only in certain types of businesses? Is it > >still true now? > > Lets not forget that junior or inexperienced == lower up front cost > Whether it equals greater costs later is frequently debated. > > >I thought the idea that coding is for low-skilled workers was not > >generally accepted anymore. > > How do you defined what a low-skilled worker? I think that one > of the reasons for Ruven's disagreeing with me related to differring > definitions of this term (and ignorance on my part about some > industry practices). > > >In the past, software design and coding were completely separate, but > >now both are often done by the same person. Having the least > >experienced workers do all of this would not make sense. > > It depends on the business model being used and the criteria for > success. If you and I are being chased by a bear I don't need to run > faster than the bear, only faster than you. > > See "The terrible truth about lawyers" by Mark McCormack for some > insights in to 'alternative' business practices. > > > derek > > -- > Derek M Jones tel: +44 (0) 1252 520 > 667 > Knowledge Software Ltd mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Applications Standards Conformance Testing http://www.knosof.co.uk > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > PPIG Discuss List ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Discuss admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/discuss > Announce admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/announce > PPIG Discuss archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PPIG Discuss List ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Discuss admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/discuss Announce admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/announce PPIG Discuss archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/
