Consensus Building vs Delegated Decision Making
Developers should learn consensus building when working in agile teams, open-source projects, or cross-functional environments where collaborative decisions impact code quality, architecture, or project direction meets developers should learn and apply delegated decision making in fast-paced, cross-functional teams where rapid iteration and local context are critical, such as in microservices architectures or feature development squads. Here's our take.
Consensus Building
Developers should learn consensus building when working in agile teams, open-source projects, or cross-functional environments where collaborative decisions impact code quality, architecture, or project direction
Consensus Building
Nice PickDevelopers should learn consensus building when working in agile teams, open-source projects, or cross-functional environments where collaborative decisions impact code quality, architecture, or project direction
Pros
- +It's crucial for resolving technical disagreements, setting team norms, and ensuring sustainable solutions that all members support, thereby enhancing productivity and reducing rework
- +Related to: agile-methodology, team-collaboration
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Delegated Decision Making
Developers should learn and apply Delegated Decision Making in fast-paced, cross-functional teams where rapid iteration and local context are critical, such as in microservices architectures or feature development squads
Pros
- +It reduces dependencies on managers for routine technical choices, like selecting libraries or refining implementation details, thereby improving team velocity and morale
- +Related to: agile-methodologies, devops-culture
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use Consensus Building if: You want it's crucial for resolving technical disagreements, setting team norms, and ensuring sustainable solutions that all members support, thereby enhancing productivity and reducing rework and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Delegated Decision Making if: You prioritize it reduces dependencies on managers for routine technical choices, like selecting libraries or refining implementation details, thereby improving team velocity and morale over what Consensus Building offers.
Developers should learn consensus building when working in agile teams, open-source projects, or cross-functional environments where collaborative decisions impact code quality, architecture, or project direction
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