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This hits a little too close to home for me. I cannot count the number of times per that one of the following situations has happened: - I go to our designers

This hits a little too close to home for me. I cannot count the number of times per that one of the following situations has happened: - I go to our designers with an inconsistency, omission or even an outright contradiction in the design just to hear that this is how it was designed and that the client approved this design, so we should implement it precisely as the design says. - Development is slowed down/held back by technical debt and odd implementation choices. When I suggest we fix this, I get told that fixing what isn't broken doesn't earn us money, so I should work around it for now. - I have a suggestion for some process improvement (for example: developer post-mortems, including developers in the design review process), to get told that it's already been tried at some point in the past (usually back in the really early days of the company when there were less than 5 employees) and that it didn't work back then, which means that it will never work, no matter how much has changed since then.

m_fayer 9y ago
That's just a bad company you're working for, it absolutely does not have to be this bad.
rovek 9y ago
> including developers in the design review process I was banging this drum for 2 years at my previous employer. I was always told it's a great idea but the people who knew projects were coming down the line just never reached out to the tech team. We are all tech consumers, letting the design team work exclusively with the client is a great way to build the wrong product/features or over/underestimate the art of the possible.
- AllegedAlec 9y ago
  > letting the design team work exclusively with the client is a great way to build the wrong product/features or over/underestimate the art of the possible. Pretty much this. We consistently get screwed over on our schedules because designers just throw a design over our way without asking us for any input along the way.

m_fayer 9y ago

That's just a bad company you're working for, it absolutely does not have to be this bad.

rovek 9y ago

> including developers in the design review process I was banging this drum for 2 years at my previous employer. I was always told it's a great idea but the people who knew projects were coming down the line just never reached out to the tech team. We are all tech consumers, letting the design team work exclusively with the client is a great way to build the wrong product/features or over/underestimate the art of the possible.

AllegedAlec 9y ago
> letting the design team work exclusively with the client is a great way to build the wrong product/features or over/underestimate the art of the possible. Pretty much this. We consistently get screwed over on our schedules because designers just throw a design over our way without asking us for any input along the way.