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I've seen great teams grind to a halt because of edicts. The elevation of process over results is demoralizing to builders.
by DragonStrength 3y ago
I've seen great teams grind to a halt because of edicts.
The elevation of process over results is demoralizing to builders.
- jameshart 3y agoBut builder morale is not a product that generates revenue
- DragonStrength 3y agoNeither does process. Product velocity to zero for the sake of a management metric is a good way to kill revenue while getting some managers promoted.
- anotherhue 3y agoSure, but I've seen enough premadonnas walk away from a tyre fire that fed their ego to build that I don't take their egos too seriously. Stifling process? No, unwavering diligence? Yes.
- DragonStrength 3y agoSure, but I've seen enough prima donna middle managers who fed their ego by enforcing process to know the pragmatism of builders is less harmful. I'll take a pragmatist who understands when 94% or 60% is good enough test coverage over the manager who demands 100%. I'm positive I know who has the bigger ego there. Perhaps you're reading your own experience into this, but I pretty clearly set up a scenario, and yes, I do think there's a lot of ego in anyone demanding 100% coverage, especially if they aren't writing the code.
- anotherhue 3y agoDefinitely, I'm happy with anything over 50%.
- DragonStrength 3y agoSo, you disagreed with the article, agreed with me, but decided to leave a pithy comment giving the impression I was arguing for the kind of dogmatism the article advocates? Cool. Probably don't do that.