April 18, 2016 at 11:51 pm
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/18/2016)
manie (4/17/2016)
xsevensinzx (4/16/2016)
What I think makes a project successful is communication, knowing at least somewhat of what you want, a good team and a good leader.
I agree, but the most important is a good team leader because a good team leader can cause communication and a good team to happen. I have seen a good team of developers with a bad team leader and they never got anything of the ground until the team leader resigned and someone else came in, a good team leader, and the project just flew of the ground.
I have in all my years of being a developer never worked in a big team (3+ team members). It has always been only me and my brother and I always said I would like to work in a team. I have to add that I have yet to see a team of 3+ to work like a well oiled machine. All the teams I have seen so far had problems working together. Now hang on, I am not saying I am anti team, I just say what I saw.:-D:-D:-D
I'd say you need good leaders, not necessarily a team lead or manager. Someone has to inspire and motivate others, demand positive results. This could be the junior programmer. It's just that someone needs to provide leadership.
The manager/team lead certainly can cause things to proceed poorly if they have the improper skills for directing a team.
.... and the leader needs to be a strong leader. Someone who can pull the team together and make them feel like they want to do it. It must also be a respected person.
Manie Verster
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Johannesburg
South Africa
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April 21, 2016 at 6:26 pm
manie (4/17/2016)
Jeff, my sincere apologies, I did not mean to take you on like this and I fully agree with you. You know, I have been a developer now for 17 years and about 3 years ago the company I work for threw me in on the deep side and told me that I am now responsible for the administration of the database and server and although I always thought I was proficient in SQL I suddenly realised that I have a mountain of stuff to learn. Even still I never expected anyone to just put something in my lap. So, if someone ask you to hand them a script already written like the example Gary used I won't blame anyone if they just plain ignore them.:w00t::w00t::w00t:
No need to apologize, ol' friend. I knew what and why you were asking and my original jab at it was way too short to convey the real meaning behind the all too short post. Perhaps some people just don't know what they don't know but you, for example, wouldn't put on your resume that you had more than 10 years of database administration experience because you're one of the honest good guys. I've been dealing with the folks that either aren't so honest or just don't have a clue as to what it takes.
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
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