Eric JOATMON (4/1/2015)
Steve, when I first read your post, in which you said "we suffer from the chef problem in techology", I thought you were going to make an anology to the saying about too many cooks spoiling the broth. I always like a good kitchen reference, so I was disheartened when I realized you probably didn't mean chef.😉
The way I understood it, the analogy is that we have more kitchens than we do experienced chefs. In other words, our IT development teams are staffed by the equivalent of short order cooks, which is OK, but there needs to master level oversight and practices to produce quality results.
Think about the role played by chef Gordon Ramsay in that TV show 'Kitchen Nightmares'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpgP2KAWyhU&feature=player_detailpage#t=16
We suffer from the chef problem in techology. As more companies look to become software companies, they need to hire more software people. To meet the staffing demand, more and more marginally skilled people will be chosen, and software quality goes down.
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho