To Work “In” the Business
Encompasses any effort of the following nature:
- recurring/repeatable task work
- predefined processes and procedures
- service in response to requests made by a customer or coworker
Encompasses any effort of the following nature:
Contributor of knowledge and expertise focused on detailing and defining functionality for the fashioning of technology to solve real-world problems. These practitioners are known to focus on the “what” rather than the “how.”
What we mean when we refer to proactive effort
What we mean with we refer to “working ON the business…”
Future cost accrued when past-and-present shortcuts are taken from a technical perspective, including those in design or use of infrastructural components that are suboptimal. Manifests as a present cost beared by technical practitioners, the payments of which come in the form of maintenance due to breakdowns, poor system performance and slowed delivery/deployment cycles.
Effort focused on analyzing a sought future state or outcome and then evaluating, reasoning and selecting the potential way(s) that this outcome could be reached. This type of effort requires a analytical cognitive context for a person developing the outcome while working alone; and entails participation in collective reasoning and decision-making rituals when working as…
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