While I find the idea as such quite charming, but if I take the non-developer project managers I know into account, I see some risks. One of them is the illusion of competence. It wouldn't suprise me if the result were an attitute along the lines of "how hard can something I was shown in half a day be?" and reinforce with them their sometimes more, sometimes less openly communicated notion, that they think of us code monkeys basically as slackers whose only goal is to sabotage the genius plans they make up (where it was under their dignity to consult development), sold to higher management and now need to get done.
I apologize for getting into ranting mode. The gist is, if trust is low, a fix is necessary rather for the organizational structures, than with the training of individual people. But certainly, the former is orders of magnitude harder than the latter.
The gist is, if trust is low, a fix is necessary rather for the organizational structures, than with the training of individual people
This, I think it's an issue of trust, not of knowledge. Not exactly the same but: I'm not going to do 10 years of medical school if I don't trust my doctor to prove he or she is wrong, I just change doctor :D
Pretty true, it indeed can't solve the (potential) trust issue. This has to come from somewhere else because as you mention, people thinking they know while they don't have indeed been one of the biggest hurdles I've encountered.
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While I find the idea as such quite charming, but if I take the non-developer project managers I know into account, I see some risks. One of them is the illusion of competence. It wouldn't suprise me if the result were an attitute along the lines of "how hard can something I was shown in half a day be?" and reinforce with them their sometimes more, sometimes less openly communicated notion, that they think of us code monkeys basically as slackers whose only goal is to sabotage the genius plans they make up (where it was under their dignity to consult development), sold to higher management and now need to get done.
I apologize for getting into ranting mode. The gist is, if trust is low, a fix is necessary rather for the organizational structures, than with the training of individual people. But certainly, the former is orders of magnitude harder than the latter.
This, I think it's an issue of trust, not of knowledge. Not exactly the same but: I'm not going to do 10 years of medical school if I don't trust my doctor to prove he or she is wrong, I just change doctor :D
Pretty true, it indeed can't solve the (potential) trust issue. This has to come from somewhere else because as you mention, people thinking they know while they don't have indeed been one of the biggest hurdles I've encountered.