Re:The use of JIRA is (often) a symptom of a Management problem
by debacle on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @09:04AM
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Centrally mandating the use of a tool is not a management problem.
When you need to try and account for where your time is going, there are two ways - have everyone use a slightly crappy tool that they loathe (mostly for its purpose), or have some sort of process in place that is less efficient with everyone's time.
> We must ensure JIRA usage is identical across teams, in order to ensure velocity parity
In real talk:
> We want to standardize our time accounting across teams to ensure everyone is moving as fast as possible.
How diabolical.
The bemoaning of having to do basic project communication is a symptom of a novice professional.
When you need to try and account for where your time is going, there are two ways - have everyone use a slightly crappy tool that they loathe (mostly for its purpose), or have some sort of process in place that is less efficient with everyone's time.
> We must ensure JIRA usage is identical across teams, in order to ensure velocity parity
In real talk:
> We want to standardize our time accounting across teams to ensure everyone is moving as fast as possible.
How diabolical.
The bemoaning of having to do basic project communication is a symptom of a novice professional.