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Software Development Roles: Skill Attributes Visualisation
This 3D scatter plot visualises various software development roles based on three key skill attributes:
Project Timeline (x-axis): Representing the spectrum from project start to project end.
Focus Orientation (y-axis): Spanning from people focused to technology focused roles.
Thinking Style (z-axis): Differentiating between operational thinking and strategic thinking.
Each marker represents a distinct role, with its position indicating the relative emphasis on each of
these attributes. Use the chart to explore how different roles balance these skills. How one person in a
3D space could assume another role nearby in the space.
Click the "Reset Chart View" button to reset the chart to its default view.
Click the "Set Y and X Front View" button to set the chart to see Y on the left and X on the bottom.
Click the "Set Y and Z Front View" button to set the chart to see Y on the left and Z on the bottom.
Interacting with the 3D Scatter Plot:
Zoom:
Mouse Scroll: Scroll the mouse wheel up and down to zoom in and out.
Rotate:
Click and Drag: Click and drag on the plot to rotate it in any direction.
Right Click and Drag: Right-click and drag on the plot to pan it left, right, up, or down.
Reset Chart View:
Reset Button: Click the "Reset Chart View" button below the plot to reset the view to its
default position (Y axis left, X axis bottom, and Z axis depth).
Explore:
Hover: Hover over a data point to see additional information about the role it represents.
Role Grouping: Software Development Roles: A to Z
Coding and Programming:
Start being active on the project between 30% to 60%
Focusing on people to technology scale, more towards the technology side. With the focus on operational to strategic, more towards the operational.
Design & UX:
Towards the start of the project, people focused, and both between operational and strategic.
System and Infrastructure:
start and end of the project, heavy focus on technology, with an operational focus with required some strategic also.
Business Understanding:
Heavy focus on the start of the project. People focus with moving into some technology understanding. Heavy on Strategic focus.
Testing:
Right in the middle of the 3D space.
Security:
Very heavy on technology, however with social engineering need to understand people. Operational focus and start middle of the project.
Change and Operation:
Has attributes all over the 3D cube.
