Survey Results - Do you feel you fully understand the vision and purpose of the software project you're working on?

being in a shambles is really no fun whatsoever.

sometimes the others aren't much better.

To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer

general simus

I'm on 2 projects. For one, the entire teams is on-board and understands why, what, and (mostly) how.

For the other? *I* know what we're supposed to be doing, but on many days, it feels like I'm alone in that regard.

I determine the vision, if not the purpose.

I own my own company and control everything that is done. I am the only employee, so I hold every office in the company and make all the decisions. Heck, I am even the janitor as well. The software that I write is of my own choosing, which I design, use, market and sell myself. If I don't understand everything I would be out of business.

modified 8-Aug-22 12:54pm.

While I understand perfectly why we're doing what we're doing, the problem we solve and the market we serve, the vision is still in shambles and changes daily, and often we're not told what the vision du jour is. Laugh | :laugh:

It sort of depends on whether one is looking at the product from a 20,000 foot view where the oxygen deprived senior managers float around or at ground level implementing a feature the customer wants.

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ooking at the product from a 20,000 foot view where the oxygen deprived ~~senior managers~~ marketing critters float around

FTFY

IMO, it's definitely time to launch the B Ark...

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Wow, so you already work then with Quantum Computing Big Grin | :-D

But back in my last projects...

The only one having a Vision for the software were my Senior and myself... and sadly very, very few people wanted to even know about it (including some that actually had to know about it to make some decissions)

And the couple of times there was a external vision, it was so against the common sense that I would have preferred not to know about it (less D'Oh! | :doh:

moments to deal with)

M.D.V.

If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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In large software projects, those who have system-level knowledge are indeed a small percentage of the project team size. Most team members only know their subsystems.

Option	Votes	%
Yes - I understand exactly why we're doing what we're doing, the problem it solves and the market it will serve	150	50.00
I mostly understand	66	22.00
I have a vague idea	24	8.00
Some bits yes, some bits no.	14	4.67
I'm not that interested to be honest	11	3.67
No - because the vision seems to change daily	12	4.00
No - they can't or won't or don't bother telling us	5	1.67
No - there is no vision. It's a shambles	13	4.33
I'm not working on a development project right now.	21	7.00
Total	300	100%