On 5/26/07, MB Software Solutions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From the VFUG.Org List Server: > > UK Microsoft: Kick out incompetent IT pros | Tech News on ZDNet: > http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6186364.html?tag=nl.e622 >
I've been a big fan of certification for some time, and one aspect of that is to have some potential of getting grandfathered in to such a scheme. However, there has to be an equivalent set of agreements with customers that their expectations have to be within some bounds defined as "normal" and that will be a very difficult things to establish. I was just reading a column in the most recent Communications of the ACM where a strong argument was presented that not only do 80% of IT projects fail to meet their goals, but that they are _set_up_ that way by PHBs who demand estimates with unreasonably optimistic schedules and resources, specs simpler than the developers know the customers will accept, and unreasonable deadlines and assumptions of no contingency for unknowns in the estimate. I don't believe that the doctor or lawyer model is the correct one, without a lot of discussion. Some intial level of exam, training or years in the field (or some combination, like electricians who get to be journeymen after a novice period of "real work") and ongoing continuing ed requirements. ICCP and other organizations have tried this, and it's difficult to achieve. Should everyone be required to be minimally proficient in C? Assembler? Pascal? Someone programming rendering schemes for Lucas entertainment has a very different job from a business app developer or a video driver author. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
