Comment by sirsinsalot
3 years ago
> Part of the issue
What issue? My projects are delivered on time, on budget and to the customers expectations without undue risk or unpredictability. That's my job.
Nobody on my teams would say I micromanage them, everyone has a large degree of autonomy within a framework of shared goals and shared values that keeps efforts working towards cohesive results.
With autonomy comes responsibility to the team, business, customer and every stakeholder ... so yes, i'd consider it AWOL to undertake work that doesn't respect the input of everyone else by getting agreement beforehand.
> Nobody on my teams would say I micromanage them
Perhaps that's b/c you are apparently in a position to get rid of people who "go AWOL" despite maintaining "a large degree of autonomy".
If autonomy is prefixed on "within a framework of shared goals and shared values" then why do you think individuals can't do work based on their own conception of those shared goals/values, rather than requiring signoff first? Autonomy is being able to make (and execute) decisions on your own (possibly based on shared information/value/etc) - requiring signoff is not autonomy, it's merely the ability to participate in decision making.
There really shouldn't be an issue getting work approved and visible to the whole team (if anything for team input, collaboration, opportunities for others to object).
If you're working for the benefit of the product/team I don't see why you would need to, or have an issue with this.
Strange.
> team input, collaboration, opportunities for others to object
You don't always need a ticket for this, if it applies at all. I'm not unaware of these benefits, but the burden lies with you to demonstrate devs cannot be trusted to be autonomous, or choose the appropriate mode of collaboration.
> getting work approved
Why is this always needed?
> If you're working for the benefit
This is a strawman, you can do this without the overhead.
Who do the approvers seek approval from, for the same reason(s), and who do they seek approval from?
> visible to the whole team
This is what standup / status updates are for. It takes all of a few seconds, no approvals needed.