Re:The Framing of the Developer
by quickthrower2 on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @02:16AM
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There is always a backlog and product manager. Roles! Not necessarily job titles. The question is who is / are managing the backlog and what criteria they use.
If you claim to have no backlog then you basically come to work each day fresh and choose something to work on - but don’t plan on continuing that tomorrow because to do so would mean you actually do have a backlog!
It might not be a Jira backlog but it exists in the minds of the devs at least.
So if we have a backlog then who should control it?
Good question and it depends on the company and the skills of the staff including the developers.
It also depends on how much it is wanted that developers do business strategy and to what degree they do it.
Leaving it all to a product owner can be OK if they do their job properly and understand the technical trade offs and really listen to both the technical and business sides. It can’t just be chucking shit in the backlog.
So, like nosql vs. vim or tabs vs. microservices, it’s going to be another horses for courses, best tool for the job kind of decision. Each company needs to carefully consider their strategy for basically: deciding what to work on.
If you claim to have no backlog then you basically come to work each day fresh and choose something to work on - but don’t plan on continuing that tomorrow because to do so would mean you actually do have a backlog!
It might not be a Jira backlog but it exists in the minds of the devs at least.
So if we have a backlog then who should control it?
Good question and it depends on the company and the skills of the staff including the developers.
It also depends on how much it is wanted that developers do business strategy and to what degree they do it.
Leaving it all to a product owner can be OK if they do their job properly and understand the technical trade offs and really listen to both the technical and business sides. It can’t just be chucking shit in the backlog.
So, like nosql vs. vim or tabs vs. microservices, it’s going to be another horses for courses, best tool for the job kind of decision. Each company needs to carefully consider their strategy for basically: deciding what to work on.