TU811 - Activity P1.2 - Metaphors in your situation of interest
Sunday, 3 Jun 2018, 13:40
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Consider situations of interest associated with your chosen area of practice.
Identify and list some of the metaphors that are in regular use.
Situation of Interest (SoI) - How IT Consultants manage work-life balance when allocated to client sites
Metaphors
Since my situation of interest relates to IT Consultants and the problematic behind managing work-life to achieve a healthy and sustainable balance, I have chosen phrases used to describe commercial agreements (leading to IT Consultants being allocated) that represent metaphors where the human aspect as either abstracted or altogether disregarded.
"Spin up a delivery cell" - suggests machinery, human resources available as parts that can be assembled when required
"Resource augmentation" - de-humanises by shifting considerations, from human to resource
"Fixed Time and Materials (type of contract)" - when used in the context of software delivery, this term again de-humanises by not including people and their efforts
TU811 - Activity P1.2 - Metaphors in your situation of interest
Situation of Interest (SoI) - How IT Consultants manage work-life balance when allocated to client sites
Metaphors
Since my situation of interest relates to IT Consultants and the problematic behind managing work-life to achieve a healthy and sustainable balance, I have chosen phrases used to describe commercial agreements (leading to IT Consultants being allocated) that represent metaphors where the human aspect as either abstracted or altogether disregarded.