Doers and Managers

If you peel back a lot of the debates about software product development, you’ll end up at this tension. How much autonomy is given to the doers? Is the role of management to serve the doers, or serve “the business” ? What is the role of craft ? Who — managers or doers — are dispensable ? What is oversight? What happens when managers behave badly? Who decides if something is “good enough”? What does “moving up” mean, if you are a doer?