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.

Published 08 June 09 03:41 by J.D. Meier

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# What kind of developer are you? « Corey Coogan said on June 10, 2009 10:28 AM:

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# Anelly said on June 11, 2009 3:50 AM:

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.

# J.D. Meier said on June 11, 2009 11:28 AM:

@ Anelly

There's a bit of procrastinator and daydreamer in all of us.  I think it's a good thing.

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