| ▲ | ownagefool 16 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honestly, I think there are no "best practices" here, there's simply "patterns I've seen work before". If we put people over processes, you might actually find you can manage a much bigger org. Like if the standup is really killing large parts of the week, you might find killing the standup to be the preferable option. The fact that that's sacrilege and constantly evokes the no true Scotsman tells you all you need to know about people over processes. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | ivan_gammel 16 hours ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
>Honestly, I think there are no "best practices" here, there's simply "patterns I've seen work before" I have been working in the industry for more than 25 years and in many very different companies, even different cultures. Yes, that may be my own experience. I have been in continuous exchange with my colleagues in a big network of European CTOs and I validated it enough to say, that it can be considered a best practice. What it makes different from a law of nature is that best practices do not always work in every possible situation, but they are expected to work in similar environments. >If we put people over processes... Do not forget the second part of the sentence in my comment. Processes must exist - you cannot eliminate something that serves some real need and expect things to get better. By reducing number of meetings you cannot make management job easier or scale it to a bigger team, on the contrary, you will be doing a shitty job. The sole purpose of a manager is to be an oil in the engine, to facilitate the efficient process, and that includes information exchange and empathetic connections. Not to code, not to move tickets, not to write down the requirements. To talk. If people do not talk, do not engage with each other, you fail at that, because the social fabric of the team will rot. Everyone in the team and in the company has their own agenda and their own goals. If they are not aligned continuously, all sorts of toxic environments may emerge. >Like if the standup is really killing large parts of the week, you might find killing the standup to be the preferable option 15 minute meeting cannot kill large parts of the week by the definition of time measurement units. It's 3.5% or less, depending on how long is your working week. If this meeting takes more, the solution is to stick to the time frame, not to cancel. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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