Comments on: The Basics of Tiger Team Programming http://vbnotebookfor.net/2007/08/12/the-basics-of-tiger-team-programming/ Articles on VB.NET and Software Development Team Leadership Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:40:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: jfrankcarr http://vbnotebookfor.net/2007/08/12/the-basics-of-tiger-team-programming/comment-page-1/#comment-139 jfrankcarr Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:40:54 +0000 http://vbnotebookfor.net/2007/08/12/the-basics-of-tiger-team-programming/#comment-139 Thanks Patrick It's good to hear from someone who's done this successfully. I've seen it function well at a couple of companies. I could see it working long term, like you described, if the conditions at a company were right. However, I've seen it become not so great too where assignment to such a team became a defacto punishment or where terms like "root cause analysis" became a punchline due to inept management. Thanks Patrick

It’s good to hear from someone who’s done this successfully. I’ve seen it function well at a couple of companies. I could see it working long term, like you described, if the conditions at a company were right.

However, I’ve seen it become not so great too where assignment to such a team became a defacto punishment or where terms like “root cause analysis” became a punchline due to inept management.

]]> By: Patrick Shore http://vbnotebookfor.net/2007/08/12/the-basics-of-tiger-team-programming/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Patrick Shore Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:07:23 +0000 http://vbnotebookfor.net/2007/08/12/the-basics-of-tiger-team-programming/#comment-138 I led a Tiger Team several years ago and turned it into a formal organization called the SWAT Team. It was made up of five top technology specialists. Our role was to take targeted IT needs, diagnose the root causes, outline improvement options and implement the changes needed. Each team member was a respected person from a different technical background. The team assignment was for 12 months and then would roll out into the supervisor / manager development career track. I led it for 2 years. It was a great learning engagement. I led a Tiger Team several years ago and turned it into a formal organization called the SWAT Team. It was made up of five top technology specialists. Our role was to take targeted IT needs, diagnose the root causes, outline improvement options and implement the changes needed. Each team member was a respected person from a different technical background. The team assignment was for 12 months and then would roll out into the supervisor / manager development career track. I led it for 2 years. It was a great learning engagement.

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