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Re:Scrum disempowers developers by alistairSH on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @01:19PM (#17189559)
not having officially recognized responsibilities

I feel like that's a bit of an overstatement. While scrum advocates for shared responsibility, it doesn't demand no-titles, no-roles, or no-passions.

It's all about ensuring the entire team possesses 'T' shaped skills. Depth and expertise in some areas, but still generally knowledgable across all areas. My test engineer doesn't write much code, but in a pinch, she can. My PO is fully capable of "running" the team in my absence, as is the test engineer. All my developers know the full DevOps pipeline and can contribute to it, though none of them are DevOps engineers by title or primary responsibility. And I'm an ex-developer-now-manager who can do a bit of everything, though these days I'd rather go to meetings and play office politics so my developers can do their thing.

Re:Scrum disempowers developers by dgreensp on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @01:55PM (#17189922)
Scrum recognizes no titles for Development Team members, regardless of the work being performed by the person;

Scrum recognizes no sub-teams in the Development Team, regardless of domains that need to be addressed like testing, architecture, operations, or business analysis

Maybe T-shaped people are required to make Scrum work, or vice versa? Like if you are running a restaurant and your company process says “there is no distinction between waiters and chefs,” then your waiters need to be decent cooks, and your chefs need to be personable and presentable. “Passion” can be a liability in this environment, for example being passionate about great food or great service. The lack of specialization doesn’t seem directly related to how to do great work, or be really happy at work.