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Individual responsibility can just become a blame culture. I remember sitting near a team that worked like this - meetings with everyone trying to prove that so
by t43562 7mo ago
Individual responsibility can just become a blame culture. I remember sitting near a team that worked like this - meetings with everyone trying to prove that some screw-up was actually due to someone else.
In such scenarios nobody wants to stick their neck out at all, everyone hates everyone else.
At a higher level the usual problem is with incentives being different from one team to another. If you want something done you have to start with the incentives rather than expect people to work against them and there does have to be leadership to break deadlocks.
- the_real_cher 7mo agoIf ownership is clearly defined the person who screwed up should be clear.
- t43562 7mo agoYou can own something but still be blocked by other people who should in theory enable you but have other priorities. Another example: bugs that are not found by testers - whose fault is that - development or test? Clarity is just another way in which one person or group try to lay blame.
- the_real_cher 7mo agoIt's not a screw-up if you're blocked though. Those are two different things. I understand your point. Guess it boils down to, a toxic environment can make any system not work.