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]]> By: Bill Waddell http://blog.nayima.be/2006/04/16/new-business-books/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Bill Waddell Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:14:04 +0000 http://blog.nayima.be/2006/04/16/new-business-books/#comment-6 Thanks for the kind words about Rebirth, Pascal. I wish I knew enough about the software business to prove the point, but I am sure that the principles in my book prove the same point in your business as a factory. How manufacturing takes place is not independent of the management infrastructure, it is a direct product of it. I am certain that the same is true in the software business - how the company defines profitability determines measures of performance, quality management principles, the organizational structure, employee compensation policies, etc... which, in turn, dictate how software will come to life. If someone wants to bring about a radical change in the software development process, they should start with accounting systems and the management infrastructure that has driven people to deploy the current process. So long as accounting has defined analyst utilization as the critical driver of profitability, the company will only become as agile as it can without jeopardizing analyst utilization. Thanks again. Thanks for the kind words about Rebirth, Pascal. I wish I knew enough about the software business to prove the point, but I am sure that the principles in my book prove the same point in your business as a factory. How manufacturing takes place is not independent of the management infrastructure, it is a direct product of it.

I am certain that the same is true in the software business – how the company defines profitability determines measures of performance, quality management principles, the organizational structure, employee compensation policies, etc… which, in turn, dictate how software will come to life.

If someone wants to bring about a radical change in the software development process, they should start with accounting systems and the management infrastructure that has driven people to deploy the current process.

So long as accounting has defined analyst utilization as the critical driver of profitability, the company will only become as agile as it can without jeopardizing analyst utilization.

Thanks again.

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