The T-shaped skill concept, or T-shaped People is a metaphor used in job recruitment to describe the abilities of people in the workforce. The vertical bars on T represent the depth of skills and related expertise in one field, while the horizontal bar is the ability to collaborate across disciplines with experts in other fields and to apply knowledge in areas of expertise other than hers.
The earliest reference was by David Guest in 1991. Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO design consultant defended this approach to the assessment of rÃÆ'Ã… © sumÃÆ'Â © as a method for building interdisciplinary work teams for the creative process. In the 1980s and perhaps earlier, the term "T-shaped man" was used internally by McKinsey & amp; Companies to recruit and develop consultants and partners, both men and women at the time.
The term T-shaped skills is also common in the world of agile software development and refers to the need for cross-skilled developers and testers in agile teams, e.g. SCRUM team.
Video T-shaped skills
Also known as
- Versatilis
- Generalization specialist
- Technical craftsman
- Renaissance Developers
- Master generalist
Maps T-shaped skills
See also
- Recruitment
References
External links
- T-shaped
- Want to plan a campaign? Best get 'I's crossed
- Interview with IDEO CEO Tim Brown
- Professional T-shaped, T-shaped skills, hybrid manager
- The International Society of Professional Innovation Services (ISSIP) is co-sponsored with T-Summit
- T-Shaped Innovators: Identifying the Right Talent to Support Service Innovation
- T-Shaped Learning for New Technologist, NEF White Paper 2012 (now STEM Foundation)
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