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The problem with that approach is that it inevitably favors the input of people who are physically present even if they are not the ones with the best answer to
by dhd415 11y ago
The problem with that approach is that it inevitably favors the input of people who are physically present even if they are not the ones with the best answer to the question. As a remote development lead in a company without a remote-first culture, I find this happens a lot. The end result is that I end up having to fix a lot of problems that were caused by technical discussions that did not include the people such as me who had the most product context and technical expertise to correctly answer the question.
- dvcc 11y agoDo you not hold that more on your team though and less on the communication style? To me, if I know that someone else might have some information that would contribute to the discussion I'll include them. That feels like it would be more on the individual team members not knowing when to reach out, more so than the in-person meetings causing a remote/local gap.
- dhd415 11y agoSome teams may be more prone to that problem than others, but it always takes more effort to include the remote folks in the conversations. It's usually true that the really momentous decisions are handled in meetings that include the appropriate workers, whether on-site or remote. The biggest problem is often the "not quite really important" questions for which the on-site folks figure that a answer from another on-site person that is "good enough" will suffice. The end result of that is growing technical debt from a series of decisions that weren't as good as they could have been with the input of the workers with the most knowledge of the problem area.