Re:Are daily standups hurting your team?
by alkonaut on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @10:25AM
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A process that works well for motivated, skilled developers working on a clean codebase is... any process.
I agree with your sentiment that it's a problem of skill and motivation - but that said, the usual problem to solve with any process is: how do you make your day to day operations as efficient as possible given the level of skill, codebase quality and motivation you do have, not the one you want. Developers (on average) are only average. Code bases aren't great. Motivation will vary.
So it's a chicken and egg problem. If the reality is that the developers are tired underpaid undersupervised and undermotivated. All that could change, but it would take time. The process happens now.
I agree with your sentiment that it's a problem of skill and motivation - but that said, the usual problem to solve with any process is: how do you make your day to day operations as efficient as possible given the level of skill, codebase quality and motivation you do have, not the one you want. Developers (on average) are only average. Code bases aren't great. Motivation will vary.
So it's a chicken and egg problem. If the reality is that the developers are tired underpaid undersupervised and undermotivated. All that could change, but it would take time. The process happens now.