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https://age-of-product.com/agile-micromanagement/ https://age-of-product.com/agile-micromanagement/ another interesting observation along this line; when the sc
by MichaelMoser123 8y ago
https://age-of-product.com/agile-micromanagement/ https://age-of-product.com/agile-micromanagement/ another interesting observation along this line; when the scrum master is a middle manager then he will micro manage the show - because that's the way he is supposed to function.
Empowering the workers is a good idea, but it is not how most organizations work.
- dasmoth 8y agoA slightly different take on why scrum becomes micromanagement, which has always seemed revealing to me: https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/ssssh....agile-is-all-about-micromanaging https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/ssssh....agile-is-...
- MichaelMoser123 8y agoI don't know about continuous integration; version control + automatic builds really helps to prevent the mess that you have without it. I still remember the nightmare of copying sources from and to a central directory.
- dasmoth 8y agoThat’s something I’d probably put on the “good servant but bad master” category. Agree with what you’ve said, but have also seen it start to get oppressive. (One pain point is when it is used to hide build/deployment complexity to the point when it’s no longer practical to build the thing on your own workstation...)