Talent and Important Tasks

Put talent into important tasks

If you are a development manager or a leader, perhaps you know who the most skilled engineer on a team is, but how do you ensure that they work on an essential piece of delivery? Let us find out.

As we agreed earlier in this course, the domain layer is the most valuable part of software solutions. Ironically and contrary to this statement, it is a common misconception that business logic is the least important aspect of applications. Because of this misunderstanding, most talented developers often work on infrastructure instead of business logic. Such an approach puts many software projects in jeopardy due to increased complexity that stays without attention until facing severe problems down the road (see this paper for elaboration).