You cannot win a football game all alone — you win as a team and lose as a team, same applies to a development team. Intent, mentality and hard-work of every individual is very crucial in getting results. Yes, its very difficult to win over your opposition with less than 11 players on the field.
— Here we will see the roles played by each individual.
GOAL KEEPER and a TEST-MANAGER
— Every goal keeper(test manager) wants a clean-sheet(bug-free product). But you can save(find) as many shots(bugs) as you want but at the end of the day people remember will only the ones that you let in :P
CENTRE-BACKS and MANUAL TESTERS
— Functional testers are like our 2 central defenders. There job is to protect the goal(application) from the opposition(bugs/attackers). They always say ‘Attack wins you games defence wins you titles’
FULL-BACKS and AUTOMATION TESTERS(SDETs)
— A modern day full-back(SDET) in a football(development) team needs to possess skills of the highest extent to support defensive(tests) and attacking(development) duties. A full back will run both sides of the field whenever demanded.
DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER and BACK-END DEVELOPER
— He is the person linking between the defenders(testers) and attackers(other developers). He reads the game(functionality) completely and dictates the play.
FULL-STACK DEVELOPERS/ARCHITECTS and CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS
— They are the creative minded people in the team and they also work box-to-box (backend-to-frontend). Their job is to provide goals(services) and occasionally they score them too.
FORWARDS and FRONT-END DEVELOPERS
— They are the show-men. They take credit for all the hard-work done from the back ;) but sometimes they have to take the blame too :| Without them you cannot win(launch) the game(application). After all, its the messi’s and ronaldo’s the ones who will win you games.
ENGINEERING MANAGER and FOOTBALL MANAGER
— Team Selection, Strategy, living up to the expectation of fans(customers) and handling the pressure from media(clients) and opposition(competitors) are the roles of a football(engineering) manager.
‘Football.. Blood Hell ! ’ — Sir Alex Ferguson (greatest manager of all time)
OTHER IMPORTANT ROLES
— Tech Support Team(Medical and Physio Team)
— IT Support and DevOps Team(Ground Staff) — who ensures the grass(server) is always greener(healthier)
P.S : MY ALL TIME FOOTBALL XI
Goal Keeper : Manual Neuer
Central Defenders : Rio Ferdinand and Sergio Ramos
Full Backs : Maldini and Philip Lahm(vc)
Defensive/Holding Midfielder : Roy Keane(c)
Central Midfielders : Paul Scholes and Andreas Iniesta
Forwards : Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Ronaldo Nazario
Bench: Peter Schmeichel(gk), Wayne Rooney, Javier Zaneeti, R.Carlos, Steven Gerrard, Diego Maradona and Zidane
Manager : Sir Alex Ferguson
Favourite Player : PAUL SCHOLES
Feel free to comment below on changes in the lineups :)
