Productivity Personas
I wrote a post on Productivity Personas at Sources of Insight. It's simply a way to identify and label some common behaviors you see in yourself and others when it comes to producing results. Once you know the personas, you can effectively switch hats and use the right personas for the job. Using these personas, you can also better analyze team performance. For example, if you have a bunch of "starters" but no "finishers" you might be in trouble bringing things to closure. Here's a list of the personas:
- Starter
- Finisher
- Thinker
- Doer
- Simplifier
- Maximizer
- Critic
- Can do
- Opportunist
- Perfectionist
- Details
- Big Picture
- Facts and figures
- Controller
- Tinkerer
- Marketer
- Achiever
- Randomizer
- Daydreamer
- Procrastinator
For a quick summary of the personas, check out Productivity Personas.
Comments
Anonymous
June 10, 2009
PingBack from http://blog.coreycoogan.com/2009/06/10/what-kind-of-developer-are-you/Anonymous
June 10, 2009
Ok i must admit I'm not happy of the category where I should be included. I think I'm both a daydreamer and procrastinator.Anonymous
June 11, 2009
@ Anelly There's a bit of procrastinator and daydreamer in all of us. I think it's a good thing.