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- [[Japanese]]
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* Part I Utilizing human resources
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* [[Chapter 1 Trouble somewhere today]]
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* [[Chapter 2 Cheeseburger production and sales manual]]
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* [[Chapter 3 Vienna is waiting for you]]
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* [[Chapter 4 Quality first...if time permits]]
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* [[Chapter 5 Revision of Parkinson's Law]]
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* [[Chapter 6 Does cancer work well? "Laetrail"]]
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## Chapter 6 Is it good for cancer? "Laetrail" (pp.33-38)
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- Laetrail
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- Rhaetrail: a liquid extracted from apricot seeds, sold at an exorbitant price with no evidence that it works against disease.
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- I think it is important to improve the corporate culture to improve productivity, but it is difficult
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- Don't try to create a healthy corporate culture while your manager is a sucker for technical laetrails
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### 7 Illusions and Counterarguments that Managers are Easy to Fall into
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1\. There should be a way to dramatically improve productivity, but I've overlooked it all this time
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**Rebuttal**: I'm not stupid enough to miss such a basic thing
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2\. Other managers have doubled or tripled the results
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**Rebuttal**: Never mind, software development is still a lot of work
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3\.Technology advances rapidly, and if you let your guard down, you will soon be left behind
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**Counterargument**: Computers have advanced, but software development remains the same (high-tech illusion)
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4\. If you change the programming language, your productivity will increase significantly
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**Counterargument**: Only affects the coding process, may increase by 5%, but no more
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5\. Due to the large backlog, we need to double our productivity immediately
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Backlog = unloaded work Reference: [What is a backlog | An IT terminology dictionary that makes you feel like you've "understood" even if you "understand" and "do not understand"](https://wa3.i-3-i.info /word15299.html)
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**Counterargument**: It is common knowledge that the cost of a completed project exceeds the original budget.
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6\. Let's automate everything. Doesn't that mean we don't need software developers anymore?
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**Counterargument**: One of the illusions of high-tech, a software developer's job is human-to-human communication and cannot be automated.
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7\. If you put a lot of pressure on your subordinates, they will work more
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**Counterargument**: Just demotivating
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- So many negatives, what should a manager do?
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- Motivate people to work instead of making them work
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[^1]: Tajima and Matsubara, 1984.：Tajima, D., and T. Matsubara. "Inside the Japanese Software Industry." Computer, Vol.17(March 1984).
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[^2]: Crosby, 1979.: Crosby, Philip B. Quality Is Free: The Art of Making Quality Certain, New York: Harper & Row, 1970. How to get it with ", Japan Management Association, 1980 |
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