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Agile methods do have a bit of a problem with the concept of authority. They really really want to believe that at least within a development team, everyone is
by johan_larson 8y ago
Agile methods do have a bit of a problem with the concept of authority. They really really want to believe that at least within a development team, everyone is equal. That's not a great fit to actual dev teams in companies where there are junior devs, senior devs, architects, and managers.
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoI'm thinking they make an effort to accommodate that. The poker idea is to average out the team's estimates which is shown to come to a reasonable number (adding up noisy signals equals a better signal). And the whole scrum thing is explicitly to let mentoring happen organically
- pjc50 8y agoIn my experience the power structure within the team is fairly flat, it's the managers outside the team that insist on having authority, micromanagement and veto rights over things they don't understand.
- conradfr 8y agoA senior dev in an Scrum team is supposed to do the same work as the junior, except faster! Then they'll wonder why the experienced people quit.
- detaro 8y ago> A senior dev in an Scrum team is supposed to do the same work as the junior, except faster! Where do Scrum principles/rules/... say that? (I have only passing familarity with, but I haven't seen much that went into more detail than "the development team organizes itself to complete the tasks", which leaves the internal structure open)
- conradfr 8y agoIt's just my experience at multiple companies doing Scrum.