“Engineering is doing well with $1 what another person could figure out with $2,” I heard from somewhere. This often involves, in larger groups, communicating

“Engineering is doing well with $1 what another person could figure out with $2,” I heard from somewhere. This often involves, in larger groups, communicating with folks and taking the time to understand the requirements. Although I despise “5 whys,” almost as much as scrum; it does often boil down to dysfunctional organizations. It saddens me when a highly productive development team gets pulled down by non-productive bureaucratic middle-management and politics. There often is a class of worker that doesn’t want to do meaningful work and sees the value generated by other people as an opportunity to take a ride to the top. There should be a few check points in an organization where one needs to ask for permission but going too far down that road puts a ceiling on how productive any one group can be. Good article; definitely need to remove barriers.