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whstl07/31/20253 repliesview on HN

Off topic, but:

It's interesting how everyone thinks they're "managers" in "agile" teams.

Scrum Masters, Product Owners. I've even had Designers and QAs trying to make decisions on behalf of the team.


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azangru07/31/2025

> It's interesting how everyone thinks they're "managers" in "agile" teams.

In scrum in particular, teams are supposed to be "self-organizing and self-managing". Perhaps that's why :-)

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jamesfinlayson08/01/2025

> QAs trying to make decisions on behalf of the team

Oof, hits close.

Suggestion from a QA to implement some feature that is hugely difficult to implement? Business agrees so developers now need to make it happen.

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MrGilbert07/31/2025

That sounds like a dysfunctional team to me, to be honest.

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