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Two Tiresome Reasons Software Teams Lose Their Way
And what you can do about it
Have you ever been a member of a team that was mis-aligned?
Deadlines slip, projects are delayed, and stakeholders are unhappy.
In a mis-aligned team, people often feel unappreciated and discouraged. And it’s difficult to get work done, because there’s no shared vision or sense of purpose.
When building new products, software development teams can often be some of the most mis-aligned, but it can happen in any group of people.
Here are two common reasons teams lose their way, and how to address them.
Misunderstanding expectations
Tension comes from misunderstanding.
Developers, managers and users are all in different roles, but they’re all trying to achieve the same goal — high quality software that meets the user’s needs.
This is where a team’s vision and goals come into play.
You need to make sure everyone on the team understands what you’re doing and is working towards a common goal. If they don’t share the same view of reality, they’ll waste a ton of time and energy fighting over small things that really don’t matter or for people to feel like they’re doing the…
