[qrohlf]

Before you attempt to do anything, first try to assess whether your organization and/or management has a strong “don’t rock the boat” culture. In my experience, an isolated contributor moving super slow might be down to the individual, but a whole team moving slow is usually due to systemic factors.

Attempting to create accountability or meaningful changes to velocity in a “don’t rock the boat” org is usually a one-way ticket to workplace politics hell. If you value building things, small-startup style, you will likely want to avoid this.

Finding a good manager who is willing to give you special-mission style projects to execute on quickly and effectively is often a far better strategy than trying to deal with widespread molasses speed dev culture. Even better, typically, is moving to an organization where the culture and peers match up better with your desired speed and quality of execution.

[icedchai]

I'd agree. If the organization is dysfunctional, there's nothing you can do. These problems start at the top.