Re:Hard deadlines are not user-first
by JohnBooty on Thursday January 02, 2020 @12:41PM
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The best dev on my team is also a very reluctant communicator.
This guy is a beast at getting things done, and is a good communicator once you get him talking. Overall, a joy to work with. However, you do typically have to make the first step. He kinda stays dark without scheduled meetings.
To me the key is to keep the daily standups VERY brief. They help the "reluctant" communicators. And they don't cost the "active" communicators very much time.
I am a fairly "active" communicator myself. I'm gonna spend 15 minutes talking to my freaking team every day anyway. So a brief 10-15 morning standup is no problem at all.
This guy is a beast at getting things done, and is a good communicator once you get him talking. Overall, a joy to work with. However, you do typically have to make the first step. He kinda stays dark without scheduled meetings.
To me the key is to keep the daily standups VERY brief. They help the "reluctant" communicators. And they don't cost the "active" communicators very much time.
I am a fairly "active" communicator myself. I'm gonna spend 15 minutes talking to my freaking team every day anyway. So a brief 10-15 morning standup is no problem at all.