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It's a good policy in general, but it needs to be flexible. "Fix this unrelated stuff or no approval" needs to be overridden by "This is critical". "Fix this b
by serge2k 10y ago
It's a good policy in general, but it needs to be flexible.
"Fix this unrelated stuff or no approval" needs to be overridden by "This is critical". "Fix this before you add this new feature" is pretty reasonable.
- rietta 10y agoBut why was the policy implemented in the first place. Probably to counteract an earlier development error where managers insisted that every change was priority 1, hot fix now. So the process evolved to be resistant to that.
- ryandrake 10y agoExactly. I've worked at places where "I'm the super senior manager, and I don't care about the process! Fix it now!" was acceptable, and at that point you might as well have no process. It inevitably turns into a train wreck.