From Idea To The Start Of The Project.

To start the new project are necessary two things: initial idea and decision-making about initiation of the project.

Occurrence of ideas – a thing intimate and irrational, makes a philosophy and psychology subject. Creation of the creative conditions stimulating enthusiasm and occurrence of fresh ideas – a separate big theme.

Let’s consider decision-making on start because, apparently, it is a thing absolutely rational.

Really, decision-making on project start is a decision-making on investments of resources (money, time, work) in the conditions of some risk. Hence, it is a prerogative of owners of resources, that is owners of the company or those to whom they delegated the right of acceptance of similar decisions (the general director, the chief of department and so forth).

These responsible persons should estimate appeal of the project and make decision to risk resources. Thus, we receive a rule:

Rule 1. Responsible people of the company should accept the decision on project start.

This rule can seem truism, banality, but I met many cases when about existence of the project the general director of the company learnt in half a year after its beginning – usually at the moment of occurrence of problems or just accidentally.

It was found out that the decision on the project and, hence, somebody irresponsible accepted investments and risk – someone who doesn’t have responsibility for projects and expenses. That is fatal division of power and responsibility.

Start procedure.


From here the second rule follows:

Rule 2. To start the project it is necessary to execute procedure of start of projects.

Start procedure is rather simple and includes following basic stages:

- Decision-making about initiation the responsible person of the project;

- A writing of a substantiation of the project and an estimation of expenses for the project;

- Appointment of the head;

- Decision-making on start of the project;

- Allocation of resources.

It is absolutely small set of quite obvious actions, something like the general hygiene – a tooth brushing, washing of hands before meal, etc. Unfortunately, this elementary design hygiene is simply unknown to many people.

It is necessary to pay attention to that important fact that at start of the project the decision is accepted twice: the first decision – considering and analyzing idea, and the second decision – about project start.

Actually here is the third decision – plan acceptance.

Enthusiasts.

Certainly, all these listed above event cannot occur, if the child is not conceived, that is if the project will not have a father – the enthusiast, who has offered idea. The following rule takes place:

Rule 3. Without the enthusiast any project is dead.

The enthusiast should be ready to overcome small barriers, which are put before the project by start procedure – belief of colleagues, a substantiation writing, reception of approval of a management on project start.

Presence of low formal barriers – necessities of a writing of papers and so forth – on the one hand, and atmospheres of encouragement of enthusiasts – with another, create in the company healthy system of innovations and a filtration of dead born projects.

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Widespread Myths About Software Engineering.

Myth about unique specificity of the software. Software production is not special business, no matter what there developers or sellers of information systems spoke. It is no more special, than the food-processing industry or cosmetology. Laws of development and recoupment of projects by working out of software, Internet sites and corporate information systems – the same, as everywhere.

Therefore conversations on uniqueness of software developers, specificity of management of the programmer project, special ways of business – are always very suspicious.

Myth about improbable complexity of programming. Actually process of creation of the modern program is not more difficult also no more creative, than process of creation of the modern car, a block of commercials or a medicine. The order for a long time is introduced in these industries, not disturbing to creativity.

Myth about greatness of the programmer. Software developer is not the oracle to whose predictions the businessman should listen with admiration. Really, outwardly any even the average programmer looks, as the adult, clever and responsible person – he is highly educated, attends to difficult mental work, possesses terminology, is able to set the task and justify inquiry about allocation of funds. Thus in practice he constantly proves as juvenile bad pupil – does not tell all truth, is mistaken with terms, breaks projects, turns off from a direct way and has a good time at the expense of the employer.

If in the project developers play the first role, probability of crash of the project is very high. A sure sign of such position – when the manager of a high level is not the programmer, with appreciable uncertainty tells that all goes normally and the current stage of the project represents the important internal technical improvements, which at following stages will allow carrying out break.

It is necessary to remember that the software developer is an engineer, and in business of high technologies win not engineers, and businessmen and managers. As well as everywhere.

Myth about magic force of technology. The new, difficult, impressing technology will not necessarily lead to success. Fortunately, today it is not so necessary for anybody to prove it specially. Any technology can become a successful product, and can lead to waste of money of the investor. Sources of success of the project always lie out of sphere of technologies – in business sphere.

Besides, it is necessary to remember that really unique technologies arise very seldom, and with a high probability at the moment precisely such technology is already discussed, developed or even is sold somewhere else.

About management of programmers.

I personally very much respect and I love software developers – programmers, however in communication it is necessary to be careful with them and to know certain rules.

Management of programmers – not magic. The humanist can even operate the program project. But for this purpose it is necessary in general to be able to operate with people and projects. As well as in any branch, the nobility some features of engineering procedure suffices manager and not to give in to “industry myths”. All the rest depends on usual ability of the manager to adjust work.

Myths. Management of programmers has the features complicated by myths and illusions round programming. Developers and sellers of computer services willingly support these myths. A principal cause of myths is the contradiction between obvious intellectuality and complexity of work on the one hand, and absolutely usual properties of staff and projects – on the other hand. Independence of myths comes with experience and knowledge.

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