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:
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Effort focused on executing against a known challenge or adversary. This type of effort is concerned with the effectiveness of execution using tools, skills and methods. The cognitive context involves a focus on details and fundamentals as opposed to the bigger picture.
What we mean when we refer to proactive effort
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.
Contributor of knowledge and expertise focused on technology and the inner-workings thereof. These practitioners are known to focus on the “how” rather than the “what.”
The timespan between the moment that a need has been defined for a human endeavor (the “what“) and the moment that technology has been fashioned (the “how“) to serve that endeavor. The “when” is most often executed by sequential practitioners.