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“Better to just incorporate refactoring into the estimate for any given coding task and do it without explicit permission.” It should be as implicit as attendi
by Ididntdothis 7y ago
“Better to just incorporate refactoring into the estimate for any given coding task and do it without explicit permission.”
It should be as implicit as attending planning meetings. For some reasons PMs usually have no problem forcing people to sit through meetings but they have a problem with spending the same amount of time refactoring .
- williamdclt 7y agoIn my teams we take tickets for meetings, which makes product owners very aware of their impact on delivery. I like including refactoring in tickets, but if the refactor is consequent it's not going to work. It's not so often thankfully, I usually manage to convince the PO of the value of it, then try to not budge once it's decided
- Archit3ch 7y agoEvidently the answer is refactoring during meetings. /s
- ShamelessC 7y agoSarcasm not needed. I've probably done this during a meeting. I definitely code if it's an all hands on deck meeting that gets hijacked by technical discussions that aren't relevant to my work.