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Yes, in my 10 year career I've so far encountered 0 competent "agile coaches" and two solid project managers. What made them solid? Their ability to put forth a
by schoolornot 6y ago
Yes, in my 10 year career I've so far encountered 0 competent "agile coaches" and two solid project managers. What made them solid? Their ability to put forth a minimal amount of effort to understand the work and actively remove political BS that prevented projects from being completed. Besides them two, I find the Technical PM field to be a colossal waste. During most meetings I often think, "Why do we pay this guy 100k to manage a Jira board and play planning poker? Where is he when I need him?"
A wise colleague reminded me of this quote: "There's two kinds of people in this world when you boil it all down. You got your talkers and you got your doers. Most people are just talkers, all they do is talk. But when it is all said and done, it's the doers that change this world." Unfortunately, in this COVID age where Zoom after Zoom is accepted and everyone wants to "show their face" as to not get laid off, it's now prime time for the talkers.
Every time I'm involved in a stand-up I feel everyone is pressured to blurt out randomness. Why not allow people to collect their thoughts for the week ahead and put it on paper/Slack/IRC?