Posts Tagged "Agile"

Will Larson published something last week that's been doing the rounds in engineering leadership circles: a write-up of what he's calling the "software factory pattern," an experiment he's running at Imprint, the fintech company where he's CTO. I think most people are reading it slightly wrong, including some of the people criticising it.

Having your team all working towards a common set of goals is extremely important. However, as leaders and managers we can sometimes get far too hung up on what needs to be delivered and forget about who is actually doing the work. Forgetting about the people and focusing only on delivery goals may get you to one particular deadline but failing to build the team effectively and align them around a common set of principles will rapidly cause longer term problems. A team charter can help prevent this.