[mr-ron]

My comment above is describing a place that is all autonomy and no micromanagement to the extreme. Its a place I worked before I understood the value of upfront documentation.

The situation Ill describe as a good place to work is, you have tickets that are created (by engineers / product / business whoever) that are evaluated ahead of time, and the team determines if it will add value to the business /end user, scoped appropriately, and set up for success with timeline and work.

As many decisions as possible should be made by the team doing the work, and they should be empowered to change their process as necessary.

[sanderjd]

The micromanagement is implicit in your use of the word "you". "How do you know ... ?". Who is that "you"? If it's the person's manager, the answer is "because we talked about it in our 1:1 or on chat". If it's anyone else, the answer is either "don't worry about it" or "coordinate with the manager". It's good to have a plan for the week / month / whatever timescale, to help teams coordinate with each other, but you really don't need real time visibility into what a team is up to if you aren't on the team.