Re:Considering leaving job because of SCRUM
by sheepmullet on Thursday November 30, 2017 @12:57AM
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> Management probably is rightly worried about tracking and estimating
The real question is why are they worried about tracking and estimating?
From there you can work out the granularity required.
Unfortunately often when management shows interest in sprint level details it is because they don’t trust the team and tracking the numbers helps them feel in control.
> If I were a manager, I'd try to minimize "unknowns" and "challenges"
A senior dev should be looking across the project and trying to minimize unknowns and challenges. Then it aggregates up the chain.
Scrum does have an unfortunate tendency of removing responsibility for the bigger picture from developers.
The real question is why are they worried about tracking and estimating?
From there you can work out the granularity required.
Unfortunately often when management shows interest in sprint level details it is because they don’t trust the team and tracking the numbers helps them feel in control.
> If I were a manager, I'd try to minimize "unknowns" and "challenges"
A senior dev should be looking across the project and trying to minimize unknowns and challenges. Then it aggregates up the chain.
Scrum does have an unfortunate tendency of removing responsibility for the bigger picture from developers.