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"There's already more than enough project management in software teams. " Given how poorly most software teams are run, I do not think this is demonstrably tru
by ubermonkey 6y ago
"There's already more than enough project management in software teams. "
Given how poorly most software teams are run, I do not think this is demonstrably true.
"Do we also have to emulate the all the turgid rules and mindless checklists that PM's use?"
Programmers have a terrible reputation for refusing to entertain anything outside the process of programming. This kind of comment is emblematic of that mindset.
- crispyambulance 6y ago> Given how poorly most software teams are run, I do not think this is demonstrably true. OK, but one does not "fix" organizational problems by adding more layers of PM.
- davidivadavid 6y agoI think many software engineers could get benefits out of learning some project management skills, but I must say I'm also skeptical of the benefits they'd get from more theoretical knowledge of project management in themselves. But I also have an immediate reaction to the term "body of knowledge" in the context of PM, which is to reinterpret it as "cargo cult." Hopefully they have something different in mind here, but that's often what it ends up as in practice.