October 2009
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165 pages
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APPENDIX C
A Retrospective on the First Year of Obtiva’s Apprenticeship Program
David H.HooverNOTE
I posted this on my blog1 on March 23, 2008. After my call to action the previous year, this was my attempt to lead by example and share the hits and misses in my own attempt to establish an apprenticeship program at Obtiva. Since writing this retrospective, we have taken on two new apprentices after promoting two of our existing apprentices.
One year ago I stopped doing full-time on-site consulting. I started on-site consulting in 2004 when I joined ThoughtWorks, and continued through my first client at Obtiva. I have done a few multi-day, local stints since Spring 2007, but the vast majority of my days have been spent in a smallish office about a mile from my house in Wheaton, Illinois, USA. It was a risk to start Obtiva’s Craftsmanship Studio and subsequent Apprenticeship Program, but after a ton of hard work, frequent mistakes, and mismanagement, I can confidently say these last 12 months have paid off and the future is brilliant. Let me try to explain what I’m talking about, and why I’m confident about our first year’s success. (And thank you to Michael Hunger for asking for more information on this topic.)
What is a Craftsmanship Studio? I should rephrase that to “What is Obtiva’s Craftsmanship Studio?” because I can only speak with authority on that. First, what does “Craftsmanship” mean in this context? My best answer to that question is to advise you to go read Part 3 of Software ...
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