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On the other hand, assiduously doing ONLY what the PM has designated to the exclusion of everything else is a recipe for misery and organizational dysfunction.
by crispyambulance 10y ago
On the other hand, assiduously doing ONLY what the PM has designated to the exclusion of everything else is a recipe for misery and organizational dysfunction.
There has to be some slack for creativity, problem-solving, and some unstructured collaboration. I run into problems all the time in a "cross-functional" role with people who refuse to lift their nose from the grindstone unless specifically commanded by their boss.
- Swizec 10y agoOf course, "Use your judgement". I try to fulfill small asks quickly, as time permits. For bigger asks, I work with the person to get them slotted into the roadmap. Same approach for bugs. If something comes up where it's not absolutely clear that it's a critical production bug, I go ask the roadmap guy whether this is more or less critical than what I'm working on. The idea isn't that he's my boss and I only do ahat he says, but that he has broader insight into the business and criticality of various things. Sometimes something can be terribe and critical and everyone gets up in a huff, but it's still not worth doing instead of the business critical project you're working on.