2. What is “Expert” mean ?
In 1976, a fascinating event referred to as the
“Judgment of Paris” took place. An English-
owned wine shop in Paris organized a blind
tasting in which nine French wine experts rated
French and California wines—ten whites and ten
reds. The results shocked the wine world:
California wines received the highest scores
from the panel. Even more surprising, during the
tasting the experts often mistook the American
wines for French wines and vice versa
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3. Who is an Expert ?
• Consistent performer superior to that of
peers
• Produce concrete results
• Expertise can be replicated and measured
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4. What makes an Expert ?
• Childhood of 120 elite performers
concludes that there is no correlation
between IQ and expert performance
• Intense, deliberate practice
• Devoted teacher
• Supporting family
• Struggle, sacrifice, honest self
assessment
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5. How do we measure Expert ?
• Experts in some fields such as sports,
retail shops are easy to measure
• Experts in other fields such as IT are
difficult
– Long duration of project
– Large number of stakeholders
– Intangible outcome
– Can still be achieved using Software Metrics
and Tools
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6. How do we become Expert ?
• Practice deliberately – Specific and Sustained
efforts to do something that you cant do well
• Improving and extending skills
• “Practice puts brain in your muscles”
– Sam Snead, PGA winner
• Even the most gifted need 10 years (10,000 hrs)
of training to win international competition
• Seek help from Coaches for quality practice
• As self-coaching compare your work with that of
best in industry
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7. What happens when you become
Expert ?
• Independent and rely on inner coach
• Nobody is born expert, he becomes one.
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