Thanks a lot for the link, very insightful ! -- Arnaud Bailly
twitter: abailly skype: arnaud-bailly linkedin: http://fr.linkedin.com/in/arnaudbailly/ On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 4:48 PM, Chris McMahon <[email protected]> wrote: > > And these days I'm more interested in stuff like this: > http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/18/opinion/sunday/why-some-teams-are-smarter-than-others.html?_r=0 > (which > also discusses remote teams) > > (Overview of two studies published in Science) > > Instead, the smartest teams were distinguished by three characteristics. > > First, their members contributed more equally to the team’s discussions, > rather than letting one or two people dominate the group. > > Second, their members scored higher on a test called Reading the Mind in > the Eyes, which measures how well people can read complex emotional states > from images of faces with only the eyes visible. > > Finally, teams with more women outperformed teams with more men. > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 8:17 AM, Chris McMahon <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 6:50 PM, Greg Grossmeier <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I disagree with the term "software engineering" to describe the software >>> development that happens today. I don't think it's accurate, and indeed >>> I think the concept's too much of a fantasy for the term to be used >>> seriously about practicing developers do. >> >> >> Back when I used to write about such things I argued that software >> development expressly is not and can not be engineering*. (I have reasons >> for believing this if you want to talk about it...) This is my favorite >> piece, and even Andy Hunt said nice things about on on Twitter at the time, >> which is apparently unusual: >> https://pragprog.com/magazines/2010-11/writing-and-performing . I have a >> few other bits along those lines in various places as well. >> >> * As I understand it, it is illegal in Texas to call yourself a "Software >> Engineer". The State of Texas requires that anyone with the title >> "Engineer" have a degree or certification from an accredited engineering >> program, and "software engineering" is not acceptable. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > teampractices mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices > >
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