> discussions should be collaborative, not argumentative There's a bit of a prisoner's dilemma here, though. I've tried the collaborative approach with decisio

> discussions should be collaborative, not argumentative There's a bit of a prisoner's dilemma here, though. I've tried the collaborative approach with decision makers before only to get grilled, spun into a defensive position, and ultimately dismissed. I think, generally, developers are empathetic to business needs, though they may disagree about the specifics. I find the lack of collaboration comes from the other side of things. Often because of a lack of context from the business side.