Tuesday, August 02, 2005

The Game is Afoot: A New Game

Eric wrote a great article on the software business: The Game is Afoot. In a recent conversation with a colleague, I came up with my own:

The Game: Puzzle Making

The Principle

You have a bunch of pieces that you need to create a picture from. Some of these pieces may fit into multiple areas but there's really only one place where each piece fits to create the right picture.

The Challenge: You have to know what the picture is supposed to look like BEFORE you start putting the pieces in. If you think you're working on a picture of a grassy meadow, but the real picture is of a balloon in the sky, it doesn't matter where you put your pieces - the picture will never turn out right - even if you have pieces with pictures of the sky.

How Software is similar

Software companies need to place individuals where they are best fitted. Some people are great in front of customers. Others are great in front of white boards. Others still are great in front of a screen and a keyboard. Every person can have a fit in the puzzle but if you try to put a coder in front of a customer or a salesperson into design, then you are not going to complete your puzzle.

And regardless of where they are great, if they don't know the end goal, then you may still be left with a Picasso or Dali picture when you were thinking of something completely different.

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