"I expect 20% turnover in professionals and 40% turnover in management as Scrum gets implemented"
Ken Schwaber on the scrumdevelopment Yahoo! group
Skipping the original context of the above quote, which was about Scrum creating transparency that makes some people comfortable enough to leave their positions, I'd like to talk about words.
I'm talking about the way Ken labeled team members as "professionals" but managers being just "management". While I'm certain Ken didn't mean to imply anything special with his wording, those words got me thinking about something that has been bothering me for a while.
Where is the craftsmanship movement of the management profession?
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Posted by lasse on April 4, 2009 2:07:57 AM EEST
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Re: Professionals, management and craftsmanship
Perhaps those are what we call entrepreneurs?
Comment from Jason Yip on April 4, 2009 11:55:09 AM EEST
Entrepreneurs does not have to be professional in their craft as leaders. They are often good at spotting ideas but that does not make them good at the consistent work it takes to become a professional manager in an agile environment.
When it then comes to the question concerning professionals and how we should all be professionals in what we do. I'm a software developer but I don't write a line of executable code. I'm a software developer in the sense that I, as a product owner, work together with my team to make the software to evolve in a desired direction. This is how I try to build my profession.
Comment from Anna Forss on April 4, 2009 10:23:53 PM EEST
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