Internal competition can often be the most dangerous kind

Re:Internal competition can often be the most dangerous kind by muro on Friday June 18, 2021 @02:07AM (#27547796)

Agree on sometimes having good reasons. Not just time to market, but also different approach. As long as in the end only the better one is shipped and the "losing" team is managed well through the decision, it could be a win.

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Re:Internal competition can often be the most dangerous kind by WJW on Friday June 18, 2021 @03:39AM (#27548209)

There can be good reasons for redundancy, like you mentioned. I think that not even telling different teams about the others working on the same thing goes a bit far though. Eventually people will find out anyway and then they will feel like management has lied to them. The fallout of that situation will probably more than erase the benefits from having multiple teams.

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Re:Internal competition can often be the most dangerous kind by muro on Friday June 18, 2021 @05:51AM (#27548841)

Agreed, how the redundancy is managed and clear reasons for it (time to market, risky bets etc) are key.

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