What are the biggest issues inside SW dev teams?

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As a senior engineering manager, tech lead, CTO (or similar), what are biggest issues you have seen in SW dev teams throughout your career?What impact did they have on you business and were you able to fix them?

gregjor · Accepted Answer

Always personality and communication problems. You can find a fairly large body of writing on this topic. I&rsquo;d start with Fred Brooks&rsquo; The Mythical Man Month and Gerry Weinberg&rsquo;s The Psychology of Computer Programming.

seccode · Answer

Old people not listening to young people

What are the biggest issues inside SW dev teams?

As a senior engineering manager, tech lead, CTO (or similar), what are biggest issues you have seen in SW dev teams throughout your career?
What impact did they have on you business and were you able to fix them?

Always personality and communication problems. You can find a fairly large body of writing on this topic. I’d start with Fred Brooks’ The Mythical Man Month and Gerry Weinberg’s The Psychology of Computer Programming.

Old people not listening to young people