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Off topic, but: It's interesting how everyone thinks they're "managers" in "agile" teams. Scrum Masters, Product Owners. I've even had Designers and QAs tryin
by whstl 1y ago
Off topic, but:
It's interesting how everyone thinks they're "managers" in "agile" teams.
Scrum Masters, Product Owners. I've even had Designers and QAs trying to make decisions on behalf of the team.
- MrGilbert 1y agoThat sounds like a dysfunctional team to me, to be honest.
- whstl 1y agoIt is indeed.
- azangru 1y ago> It's interesting how everyone thinks they're "managers" in "agile" teams. In scrum in particular, teams are supposed to be "self-organizing and self-managing". Perhaps that's why :-)
- whstl 1y agoWell, yes, but "self-managing team" implies the team manages itself, not that one person picks up the slack. As the sibling poster said, this is a sign of a dysfunctional team.
- jamesfinlayson 1y ago> QAs trying to make decisions on behalf of the team Oof, hits close. Suggestion from a QA to implement some feature that is hugely difficult to implement? Business agrees so developers now need to make it happen.
- whstl 1y agoYep. The crazy one for me was QA not going through business and just marking new feature ideas as "bugs", and then informing business that "there are still lots of bugs to be fixed". Cross-functional teams can be very toxic when there is no decision maker, and someone suddenly decides they don't want to really collaborate.