| > “Stop the bugs, we need to stop putting bugs in.” > Focuses on Jira metrics, praises people for completing “lots of Jira tasks” This is not a problem of ignorance. It's a problem of micromanagement VS trust. Managers create arbitrary requirements and productivity metrics in order to apply the carrot-and-stick method. It's about power and control. > So, as a developer, what can you do? Not much, unless you have a good shot at getting the manager removed without hurting your career. You might be tempted to somehow educate your manager Not at all. A team of developers can go very far in pushing back against micromanagement. But only if you stick together and send the same message, consistently: 1) trust us to do our job and organize our priorities, as you would expect from any other professional 2) trust us to peer-review our work and productivity 3) provide us with training, time and resources as requested 4) protect the team from unreasonable pressure from upper management and other teams 5) if you provided 1,2,3,4 and we fail systematically, move people to other teams or fire them |