The HEAP (Healthcare, Economics, Anthropology and Performance Engg) blogs

Some time back I had described the restaurant analogy for Performance engineering. Here is another one. This time it is on outsourcing, but in lighter vein.   Outsourcing is well discussed and I do not have anything more to share on it that readers would not know.   In fact this narrative is more about problem solving skills of a person I worked with at some point of time. I would like to mention that all content here are fictional in nature.     The Dolphin park analogy was inspired by this middle manager I had the privilege of working with and would refer to as ‘Dee’.   Dee was perfect fit for middle management and an embodiment of its values as reflected in his waistline. He had no vision and no time for other’s vision. His job was keeping delivery well-oiled and he did that extremely well. He always prepared for worst case scenario mode. I had pointed to him on need to get his cholesterol checked. The morning of lipid test I found him devouring fish curry with wine. I t

Can you help ‘tune’ this restaurant?   Recently a performance test COE I looked after went through massive expansion and we had to find a lot of resources in short time. Along with experienced resources we also looked at getting some fresh engineers and get them trained in performance testing. Question arose, as to what criteria we need to choose in screening the candidates. After some deliberation I came up on following.   1. High energy and motivated 2. Passion for technology 3. Quest for knowledge 4. Analytical mindset   My able colleagues assisted me in rigorous interviews. I focused on evaluating analytical mindset aspect of the candidates. There was some disappointment in the process.   I was expecting the resources to floor me with their fresh and invigorating ideas and their analytical capabilities but it happened far too less for my liking. It’s my conjecture that social media is taking toll on mental development by taking away free time that w