SomeoneElsesProblem
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Name
- Someone Else’s Problem (Anti-Pattern).
Context
- Software development projects are hard to estimate for.
- Payment for work done may be delayed until after delivery.
Problem
- How do we assess sales performance?
Forces
- Sales people need to be motivated.
- The value of the sale isn’t known until the project delivers.
- Sales people are not accountable for software delivery.
Solution
- Measure sales people by contracted work.
Resulting Context
- We win the work contract.
- The work is uneconomic.
- The team get demoralised through being asked to deliver work to an unachievable deadline.
Related Patterns
- Work at any cost.