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It didn't really say you shouldn't tell people what to build, but that they should build what they want. This means instead of ordering them to build something
by username90 7y ago
It didn't really say you shouldn't tell people what to build, but that they should build what they want. This means instead of ordering them to build something you should convince them to build it, this ensures they are fully on board with the shared vision and possibly they might even have good arguments and convince you that their version is better.
- ashtonkem 7y agoI agree that in general it’s better to persuade than it is to order. But once you cross a certain organizational size, it becomes indistinguishable from just not planning at all. Once your company and product crosses a certain size, planning on persuading every single team in the critical path to care about every single product feature is a fool’s errand; a certain amount of “we need X by Y” must come in to play.