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> So no, you don't need permission to do something as long as it only takes an hour or so and you can hide it somewhere in your daily standup tasks. If you're
by matwood 5y ago
> So no, you don't need permission to do something as long as it only takes an hour or so and you can hide it somewhere in your daily standup tasks.
If you're having to hide work that you think is a good use of your time, then communication and process has already broken down. It doesn't matter what methodology you claim to be using or complaining about.
- commandlinefan 5y agoSo... in other words, exactly what I said: "agile only exists to explicitly prevent people from spending time on anything other than what they've asked for, and been granted, permission to do"?
- matwood 5y agoNo. Working on a team does that and has nothing to do with agile. Prior to agile ever existing I wouldn't go off on my own doing whatever I wanted for more than a day or so unless I checked in with my team. It's not about asking or granting permission, it's about being a good team member and communicating. "Hey commandlinefan, I know you've been waiting a week for X, but I decided to go do Y. Oh, you needed X to finish something important, and could have gotten someone else to do it if I let you know? Yeah, I don't like to ask for permission."