Teach a Man To Fish (phpconpl edition)
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This is my talk aimed at helping teams to grow their skills and for individual developers to reach for their next stage of career development. Given in Poland at phpconpl in 2011
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Teach a Man To Fish (phpconpl edition)
- Teach a Man to Fish
- Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime - Chinese Proverb
- Sustainability and Teams
- Skills and Aptitude Skills: Things you can do now Aptitude: Things you are capable of There are some things you will never do
- Understanding Skill Sets
- 360 Degree Feedback Measures skills and/or performance Set objectives Feedback from Managers Peers Colleagues in other areas Subordinates Anonymous results
- Skills Analysis Areas and sub-areas Rate everyone on each area Create a chart
- Skills Analysis PHP Frontend Syntax OOP ZF Stack JS HTML CSS Anna 5 5 4 5 1 2 1 Billy 3 3 3 2 4 4 4 Charles 5 5 5 3 4 3 3 Diane 5 3 4 2 3 5 5 Edward 4 3 2 2 5 5 4 Average 4.4 3.8 3.6 2.8 3.4 3.8 3.4
- Skill Gaps
- Filling the Gap: Recruitment
- Cost = Time + Money Impact = Risk x Cost
- The Power of Not Recruiting
- Learning
- Learning Resources Feeds/Podcasts Subscriptions Books
- My Book: PHP Master http://www.sitepoint.com/books/phppro1/
- Learning Resources Feeds/Podcasts Subscriptions Books Training Consultancy Events Study days
- Training Budget
- Making the Business Case Spend your investment wisely Cost Benefit Analysis Return on Investment investment we know return is harder to measure
- Sharing (The Bonus Multiplier) Sharing knowledge/experience brings value ROI is bigger Better team communication
- Team Sharing Strategies Conference slide karaoke Monthly developer lunch Link Tuesdays Twitter: #linktuesday Link: http://www.linktuesday.com
- Learning is a Development Process
- No Team? Make One!
- Leadership
- Sustainable Learning
- Now You Can Fish
- Thanks! http://joind.in/3924 Links: http://bit.ly/kUCR27 @lornajane http://www.lornajane.net
- Resources 360 degree feedback http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/360-degree_feedback Risk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_analysis_(business ) Return on investment http://www.solutionmatrix.com/return-on-investment.html Cost-benefit analysis http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTED_08.htm
- Image Credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/ agustinrafaelreyes/4737762656